ascending node

nounAstronomy.

the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to descending node).

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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 position of the ascending node, or the point where the comet crossed the terrestrial orbit.
Off on a Comet | Jules Verne
The wonderful similarity of these elements, except in the longitude of the ascending node, is at once apparent.
Comets and Meteors | Daniel Kirkwood
It is merely the ascending node in astronomy wherein alone the eclipses can take place.
India, Its Life and Thought | John P. Jones
On the longitude of the ascending node of the lunar orbit on the ecliptic.
Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms | T. Bassnett

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