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The Sun is always on the ecliptic, even though the analemma seems to suggest that the Sun is engaged in some kind of fancy wobble.
The analemma has a "figure of eight" shape. There are two components that cause this shape.
First, the Sun seems to move in the north-south direction in the sky during the year, because of Earth's tilted axis.
The second component is explained below. This is about the Sun's apparent daily motion East to West across the sky:
The analemma is also caused because civil time or Universal Time (UTC) does not line up perfectly with "apparent solar time". Apparent solar time is what a sundial measures. UTC is almost exactly the same as "mean solar time" (the original "Greenwich Mean Time"). Our clocks are based on UTC.
UTC gives the average day length over the course of a year, independent
of the exact position of the Sun in the sky.
The difference between these two measurements of time is caused by the Earth's tilt (again) and the Earth's elliptical orbit.
So the analemma captures the Sun sometimes earlier than, and sometimes
later than, what would be the theoretical 'average' position of the Sun (sometimes called "Mean Sun") over the course of a year.
The analemma doesn't actually 'exist' as a physical reality. For those who are not familiar with the term, this is how you would 'observe' the analemma. Set up a camera in such a way that it will capture an image of the Sun at, for example, exactly 12:00 noon, in your local timezone.
Keep the camera firmly anchored and under enough protection so that it can remain where it is for an entire year. At regular weekly intervals photograph the Sun at exactly 12:00 noon. At the end of the year, the image will show the characteristic "8" shape of the analemma. The one thing you will have to do is assure that the initial camera's view is such that the Sun will always appear in the image at noontime, all year. If you start with the Sun exactly in the middle, there may be a season when the Sun at noon will not be in the camera's view.
Also you need to allow for "daylight saving" changes to your local noon, of course.
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Shape of the analemma if the ecliptic-equator angle increases?
The shape of the analemma would become more stretched and elongated as the ecliptic-equator angle increases. This is due to the changing angle of the Sun's declination as it moves along the ecliptic throughout the year. A larger angle between the ecliptic and the equator leads to more extreme variations in the Sun's apparent position in the sky over the course of a year.
What is the place where the sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic?
The place where the sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic is known as the June solstice or summer solstice. This is when the sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky, marking the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
What path does Earth travel along?
The Earth travels along a path called the Ecliptic.
What is ecliptic in relationship to the sun and the earth?
Ecliptic means the imaginary line that marks the path the Sun moves on annually. The ecliptic path projects the Earth's orbit and along helps mark when eclipses will occur.
What does the ecliptic represent?
The ecliptic is the apparent path that the Sun follows through the sky as seen from Earth. It marks the plane of our solar system and is where eclipses occur. It also defines the line along which the zodiac constellations lie.
Shape of the analemma if the ecliptic-equator angle increases?
The shape of the analemma would become more stretched and elongated as the ecliptic-equator angle increases. This is due to the changing angle of the Sun's declination as it moves along the ecliptic throughout the year. A larger angle between the ecliptic and the equator leads to more extreme variations in the Sun's apparent position in the sky over the course of a year.
What is the place where the sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic?
The place where the sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic is known as the June solstice or summer solstice. This is when the sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky, marking the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
What travels on the ecliptic?
the sun travels along the ecliptic
What direction does the sun rotate on the ecliptic?
The sun appears to move eastward along the ecliptic path, which is the apparent path that the sun follows in the sky as seen from Earth. This motion is due to Earth's orbit around the sun.
What path does Earth travel along?
The Earth travels along a path called the Ecliptic.
What place does the sun stops its northward motion along the ecliptic s the?
That point on the map of the stars is called a solstice. There are two of them. The sun reaches the northerly one ... the one described in the question ... on June 21, and the other one, the southerly one, on or about December 21.
What a lie along the elliptic?
I think you mean the ecliptic. This refers to the paths of the planets as they orbit the sun. Also, the moon and movement of the sun are on the ecliptic when viewed from earth, which is why we get eclipses, from which the word 'ecliptic' is derived.
What is ecliptic in relationship to the sun and the earth?
Ecliptic means the imaginary line that marks the path the Sun moves on annually. The ecliptic path projects the Earth's orbit and along helps mark when eclipses will occur.
Can inferior planets undergo retrograde motion?
The two inner planets Mercury and Venus move in retrograde motion (east to west along the ecliptic) between their time of greatest distance from the Sun (elongation) to the east as an evening star and their greatest elongation west as a morning star.
What period of time does the sun take to complete one trip around the sky along the ecliptic?
The sun takes about 365.25 days to complete one trip around the sky along the ecliptic, which is why we have a year with that duration.
Where is constellation Scorpio located?
Gemini is a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic.
How do prograde rotation amd retrograde rotation differ?
Retrograde motion refers to the behaviour of an outer planet while it is overtaken by the Earth, around the time of opposition. At that time the planet appears to move backwards along the ecliptic.
