The great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun;the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun;makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator. The ecliptic is the imaginary path, as observed from earth, that the sun follows across the backdrop of fixed stars over the course of the year. It can also be thought of as earth's imaginary path if it could be viewed from the sun's perspective. The constellations of the Zodiac are along the ecliptic, and the orbits of the planets are close to it as well. It is called 'ecliptic' because it is also the line along which any solar eclipse will happen.
it is the imaginary plane of earth's orbit around the sun
having the shape of an elongated sphere
depends on quality of ecliptical machine,the accuracy of data the user inputs-ie weight,and most importantly-other factors which typically are not entered in the machine such as users age,and body fat%-machines typically use a average for these factors so that they can compute calories burned- having said all that-typically on a commercial gym quality machine- are within 90% accuracy of all users-if your younger and more muscular than average-you will most likey be burning more calories than machine shows.
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