Orbital eccentricity
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jacmac
An ellipse is described as a section of a cone. The elliptical orbits of planets in our solar system are at an angle to a circular section of a cone. I have found this angle to be called the projection angle. For example, the projection angle for Mercury is 11.86*. Is there a special astronomy name for this angle?
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