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The '''ascending node''' is the [[Orbital node|orbital node]] where the object moves '''from the southern hemisphere to the northern'''.
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An orbital node is one of the two points where an inclined orbit crosses a plane of reference.
  
The symbol of the '''ascending node''' is ☊.
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The ascending node is where the object moves '''from the southern hemisphere to the northern'''.
  
In the graphics of [[Orbit MFD]], the location of the ascending node is labeled as '''AN'''.
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The symbol of the ascending node is .
 
 
==See also==
 
*[[descending node]]
 
*[[Align MFD]]
 
*[[Orbit MFD]]
 
 
 
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[[Category: Articles]]
 
[[Category:Celestial mechanics]]
 
[[Category:Glossary]]
 

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