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écliptique
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Many Kuiper belt objects have multiple satellites, and most have orbits that take them outside the plane of the ecliptic.
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It is the angular distance of the orbital plane from the plane of reference (usually the primary's equator or the ecliptic), normally stated in degrees.
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Each day and night (each 24 hours) the machinery made one complete revolution, and the seven luminaries moved their positions around the ecliptic.
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The solar nebula hypothesis predicts that all planets will form exactly in the ecliptic plane.
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Its orbit is moderately inclined at around 12 to the ecliptic, but has an extreme eccentricity, greater than that of Pluto.
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The circle of the sun was the ecliptic.
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In precession, the equinoxes appear to move slowly through the ecliptic, completing a revolution in approximately 25,800 years (according to modern astronomers).
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When it is rotated, the stars and the ecliptic move over the projection of the coordinates on the tympan.
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The angle added to the elevation by the tilt is known as the obliquity of the ecliptic and at that time was 23 44 40.
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The orbit is inclined by 18 to the ecliptic, with much of it lying south of the ecliptic.
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