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The planets don't all orbit the Sun in EXACTLY the same plane - there are small variations. The plane where Earth orbits is called the Ecliptic; other planets orbit fairly close to that same plane.

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It is called the Ecliptic or the Orbital Plane.

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It is the plane of the ecliptic. This is actually the plane of the Earth's orbit: the other planets orbits are at small angles to the Earth's plane.

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