celestial longitude Comparison Table

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celestial longitude comparison table

Subject is an instance of has unit is a kind of is a component of has definition

angle angle unit quantity

ecliptic coordinate component coordinate component ecliptic coordinate

celestial longitude angle angle unit ecliptic coordinate Angular distance on the celestial sphere measured eastward along the ecliptic from the dynamical equinox to the great circle passing through the poles of the ecliptic and the celestial object.

Subject	is an instance of	has unit	is a kind of	is a component of	has definition
angle		angle unit	quantity
ecliptic coordinate component			coordinate component	ecliptic coordinate
celestial longitude	angle	angle unit		ecliptic coordinate	Angular distance on the celestial sphere measured eastward along the ecliptic from the dynamical equinox to the great circle passing through the poles of the ecliptic and the celestial object.

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