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The ecliptic is the plane in which the orbit of the Earth around the Sun lies .

It is almost but not quite the same plane as the other planets (each planet has a slightly different tilt but the differences are less than 1 degree)

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Which plane of the ecliptic refers to the orbit of which planet?

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