 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 - Pàgina 48per John Hymers - 1840 - 354 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Gummere - 1842 - 516 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - 1854 - 484 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach - 1904 - 1002 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 1064 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1919 - 1022 pàgines
...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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