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ascending node
subject			fact

ascending node	has definition In the orbit of a solar-system body, the point where the body crosses the ecliptic from south to north: for a star, out of the plane of the sky toward the observer.
	is a kind of Sun orbital event
Sun orbital event	has participants planet, Sun
orbital event	has period 1 orbital period
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence

Kinds of ascending node :

• dynamical equinox (4 facts) - The ascending node of the Earth's mean orbit on the Earth's equator; i.e., the intersection of the ecliptic with the celestial equator at which the Sun's declination is changing from south to north.