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Orbital node
Point where an orbit crosses a plane of reference to which it is inclined / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined.[1] A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes.
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