# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q392457](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392457)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_pole)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ecliptic-pole


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013