Orbital Plane


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Orbital Plane

·   The Earth has two types of motions, namely rotation and revolution. Rotation is the movement of the earth on its axis.

·   The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path or orbit is called revolution.

·   The axis of the Earth which is an imaginary line makes an angle of 661/2 with its orbital plane. The plane formed by the orbit is known as the orbital plane. The earth receives light from the sun. Due to the spherical shape of the earth, only half of its gets light from the sun at a time. The portion facing the sun experiences day while the other half away from the sun experiences day while the other half away from the sun experiences night.

 
 
 


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