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    • Sun’s ecliptic path and the 12 zodiac constellations.
    Rights: Copyright, 2000, 2001, Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong Published 13 November 2014 Size: 52 KB Referencing Hub media

    The path that the Sun traces out on the celestial sphere is called the ecliptic, and the 12 constellations that the Sun goes through are the zodiac.

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