inclination of planetary orbits

inclination of planetary orbits

[‚iŋ·klə′nā·shən əv ¦plan·ə‚ter·ē ′ȯr·bəts]

(astronomy)

The angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic, which is the plane of the earth's orbit.

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