- The
Arctic Circle is one of the two
polar circles, and the most
northerly of the five
major circles of
latitude as
shown on maps of
Earth at
about 66°...
- The
Antarctic Circle is the most
southerly of the five
major circles of
latitude that mark maps of Earth. The
region south of this
circle is
known as the...
- the pole, six. On
these five
circles he
placed obliquely the
circles that the Gr****s call
loxos or zoe, the
Latins obliques or
vitalis (the zodiac) because...
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supposing the
heaven to
remain at rest and the
earth to
revolve in an
oblique circle,
while it rotates, at the same time,
about its own axis. — On the Face...
-
Circle and
Antarctic Circle all
depend on the tilt of the Earth's axis
relative to the
plane of its
orbit around the Sun (the "
obliquity of the ecliptic")...
-
believes that, like the sun and moon, it
revolves around the fire in an
oblique circle.
Heraclides of
Pontus and
Ecphantus the
Pythagorean make the
earth move...
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Oblique projection is a
simple type of
technical drawing of
graphical projection used for
producing two-dimensional (2D)
images of three-dimensional (3D)...
-
celestial equator intersects the
horizon at a
right angle. It
contrasts with
oblique ascension, the
point on the
celestial equator that
rises with any celestial...
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Antarctica Antarctic Circle Arctic Arctic Circle Frigid zones Polar climate Polar day and
Polar night Polar region Obliquity of the
ecliptic Archived...
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lines of
contact are
circles that are also
tilted relative to the Earth's
parallels of latitude.
Practical uses for the
oblique projection, such as national...
