English Explanatory Dictionary

ascending node

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The point in an orbit at which a body passes the ecliptic plane going north.

Word forms

ascending node ascending nodes

Synonyms

north node ☊

Antonyms

descending node south node ☋

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