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ECLIPTICGreat circle on the celestial sphere representing the apparent path of the sun, inclined at approximately 23.45degrees to the celestial equator (8)
ARCApparent path of the sun
GALACTICEQUATORGreat circle on the celestial sphere (8,7)
TROPICCircle on the celestial sphere
EQUINOXIn astronomy, a point on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator
ARCEDLike the path of the sun in the sky
MERIDIANImaginary great circle on the earth passing through both poles (8)
LONImaginary great circle on the earth's surface (abbr) (3)
ANDERSENDanish author of fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, 31 The elliptical, heliocentric path of the solar system's planets, comets and asteroids around the Sun (5)
NADIRThe point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer, diametrically opposite the zenith (5)
LONGITUDEAn imaginary circle on the earth's surface which passes through the poles at right angles to the equator (9)
ORBITThe elliptical, heliocentric path of the solar system's planets, comets and asteroids around the Sun (5)
GLOBESphere representing the Earth (5)
ZENITHIn astronomy, the point on the celestial sphere vertically above an observer
AZIMUTHAngular position of an object on the celestial sphere, typically measured in degrees clockwise from true north (7)
OPINIONThere is a view of the circle on the wing (7)
RINGTAILCircle on the last part of a type of possum (8)
REDColor of the circle on the Japanese flag
DADOFather has a circle on the part of inner wall being papered
GLOBESSpheres representing the Earth