 The node through which the planet passes from the southern to the northern side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other the descending node.  Elements of Plane Astronomy - Page 72by John BRINKLEY (Bishop of Cloyne.) - 1836 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...ecliptic, is called the hue of nodes. That node where the planet passes from the soutli to the north side of the ecliptic is called the ascending node, and the other is the descending node. Tlie angle which the plane of a planet's orbit makes with tlie plane of the... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 pages
...ecliptic, is called the line of nodes. That node where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic is called the ascending node, and the other is the descending node. The angle which the plane of a planet'sorbit makes with the plane of the ecliptic... | |
 | John Imison - 1822 - 528 pages
...ecliptic, is called the line of nodes. That node where the planet passes from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node ; and the other is the descending node. The angle which the plane of a planet's orbit makes with the plane of the ecliptic,... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Node from which the Moon begins to ascend northward, or above the ecliptic, in northern latitudes, is called the Ascending Node, and the other the Descending Node. When the Ascending Node is in Aries, the angle is only 9$ degrees on the parallel of London when Aries rises.... | |
 | George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 pages
...angular distance 2 from the sun, as seen from the earth. * The node, where the orbit ascends above the ecliptic, is called the ascending , node ; and the other the descending node. j A 38. The Opposition of two celestial bodies takes place when they are in •',. opposite points... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 236 pages
...an orbit crosses the plane of the ecliptic, are called NODES : that at which the planet rises north of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other the descending node. The line which joins the nodes, passing through the sun, is called the line of the nodes. OF MERCURY... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 254 pages
...an orbit crosses the plane of the ecliptic, are called NODES : that at which the planet rises north of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other the dr.~ seending node. The line which joins the nodes, passing through the sun, is called the line of... | |
 | John Farrar - 1827 - 456 pages
...require about 26000 years. That node through which the moon passes in coming from the south to the north side of the ecliptic, is called the ascending node, and the other the descending node. The first is analogous to the vernal equinox, and the second to the autumnal. The theory of universal... | |
 | John Gummere - 1842 - 516 pages
...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 by the following characters: — Ascending node jQ, Descending... | |
 | John Gummere, Ezra Otis Kendall - 1854 - 484 pages
...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 by the following characters : — Ascending node Q Descending node... | |
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