What is an ecliptical?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

An ecliptic is the apparent path that the Sun follows as it appears to move across the sky over the course of a year from the perspective of Earth. It is essentially the plane of our solar system projected onto the celestial sphere. Most of the planets in our solar system, including Earth, orbit the Sun near this plane.

Answer 3

it is the imaginary plane of earth's orbit around the sun

Answer 4

having the shape of an elongated sphere