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node
- Either of the points on the celestial sphere at which the plane of an orbit intersects a reference plane. The position of a node is one of the standard orbital elements used to specify the orientation of an orbit. An antinode lies 90° of orbital longitude away from its corresponding node.
- In analytic geomtery, a point of intersection of two or more parts of a single curve.
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