Question

The area of the sky called the ecliptic is important because it is



The plane of our solar system and the path along which the sun, moon and planets all move.


The projection of the Earth's equator onto the sky and the path along which the stars seem to move.


The area near the North and South Celestial poles which always seem to be in the same place.


The plane of the galaxy we inhabit where all the stars can be found.

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Answer 1

The ecliptic is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun. From the perspective of an observer on Earth, the Sun's movement around the celestial sphere over the course of a year traces out a path along the ecliptic against the background of stars.