Longitude of the ascending node
The longitude of the ascending node (☊ or Ω) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a reference direction, called the origen of longitude, to the direction of the ascending node, measured in a reference plane.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Parameters Describing Elliptical Orbits, web page, accessed May 17, 2007.
