ascending node

1. 1.

   the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north

   Antonymsdescending node

   Broadernode

Questions about ascending node

What does ascending node mean?

ascending node means "the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north".

What is the opposite of ascending node?

The recorded antonyms are descending node.

Is ascending node a common word?

ascending node is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.