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line comparison table

Subject	has definition
axis	Theoretical straight line through a celestial body, around which it rotates.
line of apsides	The major axis of an elliptical orbit.
line of nodes	The intersection between the orbital plane of the Moon or a planet and the plane of the ecliptic.

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