... This is usually defined as the direction pointing toward the center of the primary body. ... NODE: The place where the plane of one orbit crosses the plane of another. ... ORBITAL PLANE: The flat surface that would result if every point on the orbit of a body was connected to the center of its primary. ... PENUMBRA: The edge of the primary body's shadow. ... PERIOD : The time required for one body to orbit the primary body. ... PROBE: A vessel designed to pass and observe an astronomical object. ...

IVS name -- the 8 letters long name of the source adopted by the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry . This is either IAU B1950 name of a common name.

. Computer Ephemeris for 2014 from DE200/LE200. Map of the Solar eclipse - 29 Apr 2014. =1.0 violet lines are for isohrones (every exact half of hour). Please use ordinal common sence to orient yourself in the map. Mercator global view. Stereographic global map.

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