"The ecliptic is the plane of Earth´s orbit around the Sun.[a] From the perspective of an observer on Earth, the Sun´s movement around the celestial sphere ...
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over the course of a year traces out a path along the ecliptic against the background of stars. The ecliptic is an important reference plane and is the basis of the ecliptic coordinate system.
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