celestial equator"The projection of the plane of the geographical equator upon the celestial sphere.
celestial horizon"Same as astronomical horizon.
celestial pole"The projection of the earth's axis upon the celestial sphere.
celestial equator
celestial horizon (rational horizon)
celestial navigation (astronavigation)
celestial pole
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VERNAL EQUINOX Taking place in the Northern Hemispheric spring, it is the point at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator. Days and nights are most nearly equal in duration.
SOLSTICE The point at which the sun is the furthest on the ecliptic from the celestial equator. The point at which sun is at maximum distance from the equator and days and nights are most unequal in duration.
EQUINOX The point at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator. Days and nights are most nearly equal in duration.
Summer Solstice: The date on which the sun reaches the greatest distance north (in the Northern Hemisphere) or south (in the Southern Hemisphere) of the celestial equator.
Solstice: Either of the two times per year when the sun is at its greatest angular distance from the celestial equator: about June 21 (the Northern Hemisphere summer solstice), when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, ...
The angle between the planes of the celestial equator and the ecliptic, currently the earth has a 23.4 degree obliquity cycle.
Offshore breeze(6)
A breeze that blows from the land out over the water. Opposite of an onshore breeze.
Solstice Either of the two times of the year when the sun is the greatest distance from the celestial equator, occurring about June 22 and December 22. See winter solstice and summer solstice.
earth's surface, the imaginary great circle of latitude 0°, which is equidistant from the poles, and which separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere. See meteorological equator, heat equator, thermal equator, celestial equator, ...
 See also: Equator, Weather, Pressure, Light, Earth
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