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ecliptic latitude

[i¦klip·tik ′lad·ə‚tüd]
(astronomy)
celestial latitude
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where [r.sub.d], [[THETA].sub.d], and [[omega].sub.d] are the selected orbital radius, ecliptic latitude, and ecliptic longitude velocity of displaced orbit, respectively.
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This perspective, popular among terrestrial cartographers of the time, had parallels of ecliptic latitude shown as equidistant straight lines and the great circles of ecliptic longitude as sloping straight lines.
The cartographic legacy of John Flamsteed: modern-day star atlases benefited from the seminal work of England's first royal astronomer
Today Canopus (because of its high ecliptic latitude) is still used for navigation, but more by spacecraft than by earthbound travelers.
An enjoyable latitude: appreciating the sky is as much about your latitude as it is about your attitude
The Moon's ecliptic latitude (geocentric) was then +4.9[degrees], and it came to perigee 12 hours later.
Youngest visible moon
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