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ECLIPTIC SYSTEM OF COORDINATES

Specialty Definition: ECLIPTIC SYSTEM OF COORDINATES

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

A set of celestial coordinates based on the ecliptic as the primary great circle. See coordinate, table.The points 90° from the ecliptic are the north and south ecliptic poles. Angular distance north or south of the ecliptic, analogous to latitude, is celestial latitude. Celestial longitude is measured eastward along the ecliptic from the vernal equinox through 360°. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ECLIPTIC SYSTEM OF COORDINATES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 43 4C 49 50 54 49 43      53 59 53 54 45 4D      4F 46      43 4F 4F 52 44 49 4E 41 54 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01000011 01001100 01001001 01010000 01010100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01010011 01011001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01001101 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001111 01010010 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#67 &#76 &#73 &#80 &#84 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#83 &#89 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#77 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#79 &#82 &#68 &#73 &#78 &#65 &#84 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0043 004C 0049 0050 0054 0049 0043      0053 0059 0053 0054 0045 004D      004F 0046      0043 004F 004F 0052 0044 0049 004E 0041 0054 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

393746435054433725359535439472494023749495238434835543953

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INDEX

1. Orthography
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