inclinationToEcliptic

P9974
predicate

Indicates the angle between an object's orbital plane and the plane of the ecliptic, describing how tilted its orbit is relative to Earth's orbital plane.

All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
inclination 275
orbitInclination 141
orbitalInclination 55

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: inclinationToEcliptic
Generated description
Indicates the angle between an object's orbital plane and the plane of the ecliptic, describing how tilted its orbit is relative to Earth's orbital plane.

Sample triples (589)

Subject Object
Explorer 3 mission
surface form: Explorer 3
about 33.4 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
Van Allen Probes mission approximately 10 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
STS-59 57 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
STS-87 28.45 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
STS-49 28.45 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
STS-4 28.5 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
AGILE gamma-ray mission approximately 2.5 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
STS-93 28.5 degrees via predicate surface "orbitalInclination"
ROSAT 53 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
BeppoSAX 3.9 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
RXTE ~23 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Suzaku 31 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Hitomi (ASTRO-H) 31 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Ginga 31 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
UHURU equatorial orbit via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
Aura satellite
surface form: Aura
98.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Ida about 1.1 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Dactyl 9 via predicate surface "orbitalInclination_deg"
MAVEN spacecraft
surface form: MAVEN
about 75 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
VEX
surface form: Venus Express
about 90 degrees via predicate surface "orbitalInclination"
NGC 2403 approximately 60 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
STS-89 51.6 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
GPM Microwave Imager 65 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 35 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
EOS PM-1 98.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Landsat 9 98.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
A-Train satellite constellation about 98 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Hipparcos satellite
surface form: Hipparcos
about 6.9 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
STS-116 51.6 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Landsat 4 98.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Columbus laboratory (ESA contribution, then called Columbus)
surface form: Columbus laboratory
51.6 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Landsat 5 98.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Vanguard 2 about 32.9 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Sputnik 3 65.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Vanguard 3 about 33.4 degrees via predicate surface "orbitInclination"
STS-122 51.6 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Landsat 7 98.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Infrared Space Observatory about 5.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
Project Juno mission to Mir 51.6 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
EOS AM-1 98.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
STS-126 51.6 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
ESRO-1A ≈82 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
HEOS-1 about 28 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
TD-1A 97.6 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
25143 Itokawa 1.62 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
STS-128 51.6 via predicate surface "orbitInclinationDegrees"
162173 Ryugu ~5.9 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
1998 KY26 about 1.5 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
ESRO-2B 97.2 degrees via predicate surface "inclination"
landing of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-3 38.0 via predicate surface "orbitalInclinationDegrees"