#great_circle__greatcircle a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
supertype: #line.location a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
subtype: #celestial_equator__celestialequator__equinoctial_circle__equinoctialcircle__equinoctial_line__equinoctialline__equinoctial the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
subtype: #right_ascension an arc of the celestial equator eastward from the vernal equinox
subtype: #ecliptic the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"
subtype: #equator an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"
subtype: #celestial_horizon__celestialhorizon__horizon the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
subtype: #hour_circle a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles
subtype: #meridian__longitude__line_of_longitude an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
subtype: #observer's_meridian a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith
subtype: #prime_meridian__primemeridian meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich (England) longitude)
subtype: #magnetic_meridian an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth
subtype: #date_line__dateline__International_Date_Line an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
subtype: #vertical_circle a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon
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