Right Ascension of Ascending Node

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The third Keplerian orbital element, specifying the angle, from 0° to 360° between the point where a satellite crosses the equatorial plane, (from south to north) and the point where the sun crosses the equatorial plane at the vernal equinox. Expressed in most formats as DDD.FFFF, (Degrees.Fractionaldegrees).

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Keplerian Elements	Argument of Perigee	orbital inclination	vernal equinox
Deals well with ambiguity: a savagely long writeup about why boys are not like girls and other things	right ascension	node

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