Questions tagged [orbital-inclination]
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Does the inclination of an orbital plane change due to pull from other orbiting objects?
I don't mean precession. That's drift in the orbit around the center. I'm asking about drift of the tilt in the z-direction.
Saturn's ring particles are held in a tight disk because when they drift ...
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What does an inclination of 0 degrees mean?
I understand that inclination is the measure of how tilted an orbit is. But is an inclination of 0 degrees like this
or like this?
I know there are many formulas relating inclination, including ...
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Why do these two sources list different values for the Solar axial tilt to the ecliptic and Earth's orbital inclination to the Solar equator?
On the Wikipedia article for axial tilt the Solar axial tilt is listed as 7.25° to the ecliptic, whereas on the Wikipedia article of orbital inclination Earth is listed as having an orbital ...
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