Phrases with «equatorial plane»

The "equatorial plane" refers to an imaginary flat surface running horizontally and splitting the Earth into two equal halves. It is located at the equator, the line that circles the Earth exactly halfway between the North and South poles. Full definition

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In the early 1990s, one study found that coplanarity between the orbital and equatorial planes of nearby binaries (within 100 parsecs or 326 ly) that are composed of Sol - type stars (F5 - K5 V) «exists» for binaries with orbital separations up to the average orbital distance of Pluto in the Solar System — roughly 40 times the Earth - Sun distance or «astronomical unit» (AU). (members.nova.org)
But the particles in the disk would have kept rotating in the original direction, even though they would have ended up in the new equatorial plane. (sciencemag.org)
The disk would have been heavily disturbed by the impact and then would have settled back into the planet's tilted equatorial plane, as a result of friction. (sciencemag.org)
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Phrases with «equatorial plane»

Sentences with «equatorial plane»

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