ecliptic

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ecliptic (enc)

Noun

ecliptic - the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"

great circle - a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center

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