Planes of Reference
Common planes of reference include:
- For a geocentric orbit, the Earth's equatorial plane. In this case, non-inclined orbits are called equatorial.
- For a heliocentric orbit, the ecliptic. In this case, non-inclined orbits are called ecliptic.
- For an orbit outside the Solar System, the plane through the primary perpendicular to a line through the observer and the primary (called the plane of the sky)., chap. 17.
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Famous quotes containing the words planes and/or reference:
“After the planes unloaded, we fell down
Buried together, unmarried men and women;”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
“In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the commonwealth, and not by their mediocrity, nor by their being commended. For several men praise several customs, and, contrarily, what one calls vice, another calls virtue, as their present affections lead them.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)