Ascending node
the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to ).
Historical Examples
The position of the ascending node, or the point where the comet crossed the terrestrial orbit.
Off on a Comet Jules Verne
When passing to the north of the ecliptic, it is called the ascending node; when to the south of it, the descending node.
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones
The wonderful similarity of these elements, except in the longitude of the ascending node, is at once apparent.
Comets and Meteors Daniel Kirkwood
On the longitude of the ascending node of the vortex on the lunar orbit.
Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms T. Bassnett
On the longitude of the ascending node of the lunar orbit on the ecliptic.
Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms T. Bassnett
It is merely the ascending node in astronomy wherein alone the eclipses can take place.
India, Its Life and Thought John P. Jones
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