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celestial pole

NOUN
  1. one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere

How To Use celestial pole In A Sentence

  • A vernal equinox represents the instant at which the sun lies exactly between the north and south celestial poles.
  • The solstitial colure is a great circle which passes through the celestial poles and these two solstitial points.
  • Two great circles, the solstitial colure and the equinoctial colure, intersect at the celestial poles.
  • Whereas terrestrial longitude uses meridians of longitude, right ascension uses hour circles which run between the north and south celestial poles.
  • The equinoctial colure is a great circle which passes through the celestial poles and the ecliptic at the two equinoxes.
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