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  1. n. astronomy The surface (plane) that contains an orbit.

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  1. n. (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting

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  • “The ascending node is the one when the planet is moving northwards, and the line of intersection of the orbital plane with the ecliptic is the line of nodes.”

    Kepler

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  • ruzuzu From the examples:

    “Guglielmini's theory was right, in considering the absolute path of the falling body (apart from the resistance of the air) as elliptical, or approximately parabolical, and the orbital plane as passing a little north of the vertical, through the centre of attraction, while the errors in his formulæ, afterwards repeated by Olbers, served to incite Gauss and Laplace to develop the correct theory of relative motion.”
    --The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
    Nov 7, 2011

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