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What name is used to describe the band of constellations that the planets pass through?
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This is called the "Zodiac".
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What is the difference between the zodiac constellations and other constellations?
There is an imaginary band in the sky called the Plane of the Ecliptic. The planets we can see from earth, never wander above or below that band of sky - so the planets are always in one of the other of the constellations that lie in that band. We call those particular 12 (or 13) constellations the "constellations of the Zodiac".
The Sun Moon and planets are always found within a band of constellations known as the?
zodiac
What is the ecliptic and how are the zodiac constellations different from the rest of the constellations?
The Ecliptic describes our view of the stars in the sky that (approximately) traces out the apparent position of our Sun against distant stars over each year. The area known as the Zodiac is a band about 18 degrees wide centered on the Ecliptic. All constellations are fanciful human interpretations of patterns of stars and galaxies in the night sky. Zodiac constellations are no different than other constellations except that they are patterns in that 18 degree band in the sky. As the Earth moves around the Sun in the plane of the Ecliptic so do the other planets, all at slightly different angles to the plane and with different orbital times so that appear to take the same approximate path as the Sun and our Moon. As the background star patterns change only over millions of years the changing position of the Sun, Moon and planets seem to wander aimlessly about the Zodiac band. The study of these wanderers (Greek planome: I wander) was the forerunner of modern Astronomy and the pseudoscience of Astrology.
What is a zodiac lion?
A zodiac is a band of the celestial sphere extending about 8° to either side of the ecliptic that represents the path of the principal planets, the moon, and the sun. Zoodiacs usually show constellations, and one zodiac sign is Leo, who is named after the constellation of Leo, the Greek word for "lion".
Cryptic clue for band or singer centre of planets?
The corrs?
What are large chunks of rock found mostly in a band located between the inner planets and the outer planets?
Meteorites.
Which planets have bands or stripes?
One of the planets with a band is Jupiter. Not only is Jupiter massive, but has multiple and striking stripes throughout.
Do constellations change?
Yes. Constellation literally means "Stars Together". There are other phenomena that are called "Constellations" (such as group members of a music band) but astronomically a constellation is the grouping - from the point of view of the Earth - of stars. From anywhere else in the galaxy there are different groupings!
What do you call a collection stars?
This is not a question. There are hundreds of stars in the Universe. Some stars even form many constellations.
Describe Levi ramage?
in band and plays the drums!
Are all of the planets' orbits flat?
The orbit of each planet is completely in a plane. That is, the whole orbit would lie on a sheet of paper if you had one big enough ... there are no lumps or bumps in the orbit that rise out of the paper or droop below it.It's important to understand, though, that the orbits of all the planets don't all lie in the same plane. They're all close, but they're all different.The plane of the earth's orbit is what we call the "Ecliptic Plane". The line where the ecliptic plane intersects the "bowl" of the sky is the circular path through the stars that the sun appears to travel in the course of a year.Compared to the ecliptic plane, the plane of Mercury's orbit is tilted about 7 degrees, Mars' orbit about 1.9 degrees, Saturn's orbit about 2.5 degrees, and our moon's orbit about 5.5 degrees. This is why the sun, moon, and planets all appear to move through the same narrow band in the sky, though not exactly along the same line.People have noticed this for thousands of years, and concluded that there must be something special about this narrow band in the sky. They ascribed special characteristics and influences to that strip, and to the stars and constellations in it. That series of constellations are the familiar 12 of the band called the 'Zodiac'.
What is crabcore?
Crabcore is a term that was invented to describe band Attack Attack
