The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

The Astrology of Space
Chapter 2: The Solar System
Solar System
The Earth is a planet or secondary circling the Sun or
primary at a mean distance of about 93 million miles.
The mean Earth-Sun distance is taken as one
astronomical unit (AU). The plane of the Earth's orbit
around the Sun in the course of one year is called the
plane of the ecliptic or zodiac. The ecliptic is the circle
on the Celestial Sphere (at an infinite distance) at the
intersection of the Celestial Sphere and the plane of
the Earth's orbit. The Earth's axis of rotation is not
perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, but is
inclined about 23.5 degrees to the perpendicular. The
North Pole of the Earth does not point in the direction
of the ecliptic North Pole.
There are at least nine planets, including the Earth,
revolving around the Sun. The closest to the Sun is
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