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ecliptic
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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ecliptic pert. to an eclipse XIV; sb. great circle of the celestial sphere, the apparent orbit of the sun, so called because eclipses happen only when the moon is on or very near this line XIV. — L.
eclīpticus — Gr.
ekleiptikós (also sb.), f.
ekleípein; see prec. and
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Ecliptic Signed On to Both Active Private Solar Sail Missions.
PR Newswire; 10/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...convention today, it was announced that Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation has been invited...Starship(R) missions. Early last week Ecliptic's popular RocketCam(TM) product...Corporation. For The Planetary Society, Ecliptic is on contract to provide pre-launch...
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Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation and NASA Ames Collaboration in Full Swing.
PR Newswire; 3/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...collaboration between entrepreneurial space firm Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation and the NASA...in winter 2008. On contract to Ames, Ecliptic supplied the core avionics control unit...science instruments, including one of Ecliptic's RocketCam color video cameras. Employing...
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Ecliptic RocketCam(TM) to Provide Live, Color Video From an Unmanned Spacecraft.
PR Newswire; 10/10/2002; 700+ words
; ...between RocketCam's exclusive supplier Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation and DART prime...Corporation started this week. This is Ecliptic's first order for a RocketCam system...Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. Each Ecliptic RocketCam generates live, full-color...
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Ecliptic's RocketCam(TM) Captures Inaugural Delta IV Launch; Mission Marks Fourth New Rocket Platform in 2002 for the Advanced Imaging System.
PR Newswire; 11/21/2002; 700+ words
; ...fourth new rocket platform this year for Ecliptic Enterprise's RocketCam(TM) onboard...space. Available exclusively through Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation in Pasadena...stations and boats in coming years. About Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation: Ecliptic provides...
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Ecliptic Systems, Inc. Joins Phone.com Alliance Program; Ecliptic's Digital Plastic Simplifies WAP Site Development.
Business Wire; 1/28/2000; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2000 Ecliptic Systems, Inc., a technology leader...By working together with Phone.com, Ecliptic will make its web development package...uot; said Robert Sears, President of Ecliptic. &uot;We view Internet-enabled...
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Ecliptic's RocketCam(TM) Integral to Private Suborbital Venture.
PR Newswire; 5/13/2004; 700+ words
; ...the $10 million X PRIZE this year, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation marks over twenty...17 last year and second on April 8. Ecliptic, supplier of the popular RocketCam...two vehicles were built and are based. Ecliptic designed the end-to-end video system...
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Ecliptic's RocketCam to Capture Commemorative Flight of Wright Flyer Replica.
PR Newswire; 12/17/2002; 700+ words
; ...Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecliptic's RocketCam(TM) imaging system will...shtml . Available exclusively through Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation in Pasadena...remote science stations and boats. About Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation: Ecliptic provides...
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Ecliptic Celebrates a Decade of Successful RocketCam(TM) Launches.
PR Newswire; 8/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...per month for the next several years. About Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation: Ecliptic provides systems for accessing and experiencing...instrument systems and aerospace test equipment. Ecliptic has offices in Pasadena and Moffett Field...
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Science: The Stats - The illusion of the ecliptic
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...planets" - technically known as the ecliptic. Comets are one of the few denizens...the sun, too, is always found on the ecliptic. During the course of the year, it...names of the constellations along the ecliptic, such as Taurus, Gemini, Cancer...
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Delta IV Launch Success Ushers in Record Year for Ecliptic's RocketCam(TM).
PR Newswire; 3/12/2003; 700+ words
; ...imaging system, available exclusively through Ecliptic, will be employed on nine more launches in...Titan IV; and NASA's Space Shuttle. About Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation: Ecliptic provides data-transport systems and onboard...
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ecliptic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ecliptic , the great circle on the celestial sphere...earth's orbit (called the plane of the ecliptic). Because of the earth's yearly revolution...annual journey through the heavens with the ecliptic as its path. The ecliptic is the principal...
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ecliptic coordinates
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
ecliptic coordinates A system of coordinates that specifies the position of...the Solar System relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit, the ecliptic. Ecliptic coordinates of objects as they would be seen from the centre of the...
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ecliptic coordinate system
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ecliptic coordinate system an astronomical coordinate system in which the principal coordinate axis is the ecliptic , the apparent path of the sun through the heavens. The ecliptic poles are the two points at which a line perpendicular...
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ecliptic limits
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
ecliptic limits The greatest angular distance that...and Moon. Maximum values (the major ecliptic limits ) are attained when the Earth is...perigee, while minimum values (the minor ecliptic limits ) occur at aphelion and apogee...
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ecliptic pole
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
ecliptic pole Either of the two points on the celestial sphere that lie 90° north and south of the plane of the ecliptic. The north ecliptic pole lies in Draco, and the south ecliptic pole in Dorado. The...
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