equatorial coordinate Comparison Table

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equatorial coordinate comparison table

Subject has right ascension has definition is part of is opposite of is a kind of is an instance of

antapex The direction in the sky away from which the Sun seems to be moving (at a speed of 19.4 km s^-1) relative to general field stars in the Galaxy. Columba solar apex equatorial coordinate

celestial ephemeris pole The reference pole for nutation and polar motion; the axis of figure for the mean surface of a model Earth in which the free motion has zero amplitude. This pole has no nearly diurnal nutation with respect to a space-fixed or Earth-fixed coordinate system. equatorial coordinate

celestial pole 0 One of two points at which the Earth's axis of rotation, if extended, would intersect the celestial sphere. equatorial coordinate

solar apex A point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun and the solar system are moving with respect to the local standard of rest at a rate of about 19.4 km per second (about 4.09 AU per year). Hercules antapex equatorial coordinate

Subject	has right ascension	has definition	is part of	is opposite of	is a kind of	is an instance of
antapex		The direction in the sky away from which the Sun seems to be moving (at a speed of 19.4 km s^-1) relative to general field stars in the Galaxy.	Columba	solar apex		equatorial coordinate
celestial ephemeris pole		The reference pole for nutation and polar motion; the axis of figure for the mean surface of a model Earth in which the free motion has zero amplitude. This pole has no nearly diurnal nutation with respect to a space-fixed or Earth-fixed coordinate system.				equatorial coordinate
celestial pole	0	One of two points at which the Earth's axis of rotation, if extended, would intersect the celestial sphere.			equatorial coordinate
solar apex		A point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun and the solar system are moving with respect to the local standard of rest at a rate of about 19.4 km per second (about 4.09 AU per year).	Hercules	antapex		equatorial coordinate

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