Back زاوية العقدة المدارية Arabic Дължина на възходящия възел Bulgarian উদ্বিন্দুর দ্রাঘিমা Bengali/Bangla Longitud del node ascendent Catalan Délka vzestupného uzlu Czech Opstigende knudes længde Danish Länge des aufsteigenden Knotens German Μήκος του ανερχόμενου συνδέσμου Greek Longitude of the ascending node English Longitudo de la suprenira nodo Esperanto
The longitude of the ascending node (☊ or Ω) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a reference direction, called the origin of longitude, to the direction of the ascending node, measured in a reference plane.[1]
- ↑ Parameters Describing Elliptical Orbits, web page, accessed May 17, 2007.