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Quiz____?Celestial Sphere - Answer✓✓ The apparent sphere of the sky
Quiz____?Celestial Equator - Answer✓✓ projections of the Earth's equator, divides the celestial sphere into 2 hemispheres. line across the sky, a projection
Quiz____?Celestial Poles - Answer✓✓ projections of the Earth's rotational axis onto the celestial sphere. NCP and SCP are separated by 180 degrees, meaning they are exactly opposite one another on the sky
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2 North Celestial Pole (NCP) - Answer✓✓ located directly above the Earth's north rotational pole on the celestial sphere. has a declination of +90 degrees
Quiz____?South Celestial Pole (SCP) - Answer✓✓ located directly above Earth's south rotational pole. Has a declination of -90 degrees
Quiz____?Ecliptic - Answer✓✓ projection of the Sun's orbital plane onto the celestial sphere. It can also be thought of as generally representing the plane of the solar system on the sky.The Sun is always on the located on this, and the planets and Moon are always found near this plane.
Quiz____?Inclination of the Ecliptic - Answer✓✓ The ecliptic is the apparent path of the Sun as it crosses the celestial sphere over the course of one year. Note that the ecliptic is tilted with respect to the basic plane of the celestial coordinate system, the Celestial Equator. Ecliptic is inclined at 23.5 degrees to the celestial equator
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Quiz____?Equinoxes - Answer✓✓ The celestial equator and the ecliptic intersect one another at two points on
the celestial sphere. These two important reference points are known as:
Quiz____?Vernal Equinox - Answer✓✓ The point at which the Sun passes from south to north of the celestial equator
is called the:
Quiz____?Autumnal Equinox - Answer✓✓ The point at which the Sun passes from north to south of the celestial equator is called
Quiz____?Solstices - Answer✓✓ The 23.5-degree tilt of the Earth's axis to its orbital plane means that the Sun shines more directly on one hemisphere of Earth than the other over a 6 month period. This causes the seasons upon Earth
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