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ecliptic pole

direction of imaginary projection onto the remote celestial sphere of the line perpendicular to planet Earth's orbital plane and passing though the orbital center
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ecliptic pole

Summary

ecliptic pole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ecliptic pole's subclass of is recorded as sideral direction[2].
  • ecliptic pole's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mglvr[3].
  • ecliptic pole's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 448[4].
  • ecliptic pole's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778287945[5].

Why It Matters

ecliptic pole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ecliptic pole. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ecliptic-pole
MLA “ecliptic pole.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ecliptic-pole.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ecliptic-pole_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ecliptic pole}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ecliptic-pole}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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