Translation of "ecliptic" into Afrikaans

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ecliptic noun grammar

(astronomy): The apparent path of the sun in the sky. More accurately, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the plane of the ecliptic, which is the geometric plane containing the mean orbit of the Earth around the Sun. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane. [..]

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    (Astronomy) The apparent path that the Sun traces out in the sky during the year.

  • Sonnebaan

    apparent path of the Sun on the celestial sphere

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