What Is the Celestial Equator

question 53

Multiple Choice

What is the celestial equator?

• A)the dividing line between the north and south celestial hemispheres
• B)a line around the sky directly above the Earth's poles
• C)the path that the Sun appears to follow on the celestial sphere as the Earth orbits the Sun
• D)the path that the planets appear to follow in the sky

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