longitude of the ascending node

longitude Noun

— The distance from an angle going east or west measured from any angle in comparison to the prime meridian, which is Greenwich, England. It is either measured in degrees or any other unit having to do with degrees. Greenwich, England is located at 0 degrees longitude.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

ascending

— adjective moving or going or growing upward the ascending plane the ascending staircase the ascending stems of chickweed — noun (= rise) the act of changing location in an upward direction

node Noun

— A node is a centre point, where parts meet. The railway station was the town's transport node where all the buses stopped. — A node is a swelling or a lump. The doctor examined his armpit to feel the lymph node. — A node is a swelling on a plant which becomes a new branch or leaf. — A node is the point on a wave where the amplitude is zero. — A node is the point on an orbit where it crosses a plane. — (computing) A node is a computer in the context of a network.