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" NODE, (1) in astronomy, the two points in which the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic being called the ascending node, and the other the descending... "
The Elements of the Theory of Astronomy - Page 48
by John Hymers - 1840 - 354 pages
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Two Parts. The First Containing, a ...

John Gummere - Astronomy - 1842 - 516 pages
...moon or a planet is cut by the plane of the ecliptic, are called nodes. That node in which the body is, when passing from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other, the descending node. The nodes are frequently designated...
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Two Parts. The First Containing a ...

John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - Astronomy - 1854 - 484 pages
...moon or a planet is cut by the plane of the ecliptic, are called nodes. That node in which the body is, when passing from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other the descending node. The nodes are frequently designated...
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The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 11

Frederick Converse Beach - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1904 - 1002 pages
...the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic being...ascending node, and the other the descending node. As all the bodies of the solar system, whether planets or comets, move in orbits variously inclined...
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The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts ..., Volume 15

Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 1064 pages
...the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic being...ascending node, and the other the descending node. As all the bodies of the solar system, whether planets or comets, move in orbits variously inclined...
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The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 20

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1919 - 1022 pages
...the orbit of a planet intersects the plane of the ecliptic; the one through which the planet passes from the south to the north side of the. ecliptic...ascending node, and the other the descending node. As all the bodies of the solar system, whether planets or comets, move in orbits variously inclined...
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