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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

true equinox The intersection of the ecliptic with the true equator. Its path on the sky consists of oscillations due to nutation superimposed on the progressive motion due to precession.

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