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regression of the nodes comparison table

Subject is a kind of has definition

motion physical process Process of passing through space or changing position

regression of the nodes motion The slow (19°.35 per year, 360° in 18.6 years), westward motion of the nodes of the Moon's orbit due to perturbations of the Earth and Sun.

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
motion	physical process	Process of passing through space or changing position
regression of the nodes	motion	The slow (19°.35 per year, 360° in 18.6 years), westward motion of the nodes of the Moon's orbit due to perturbations of the Earth and Sun.

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