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ascending node
noun
, Astronomy.
- the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north ( descending node ).
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When passing to the north of the ecliptic, it is called the ascending node; when to the south of it, the descending node.
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The position of the ascending node, or the point where the comet crossed the terrestrial orbit.
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The wonderful similarity of these elements, except in the longitude of the ascending node, is at once apparent.
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It is merely the ascending node in astronomy wherein alone the eclipses can take place.
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On the longitude of the ascending node of the lunar orbit on the ecliptic.
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