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  2. Node (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Atomic orbitals are classified according to the number of radial and angular nodes. A radial node for the hydrogen atom is a sphere that occurs where the wavefunction for an atomic orbital is equal to zero, while the angular node is a flat plane. [4] Molecular orbitals are classified according to bonding character. Molecular orbitals with an ...

  3. Orbital node - Wikipedia

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    In the case of objects outside the Solar System, the ascending node is the node where the orbiting secondary passes away from the observer, and the descending node is the node where it moves towards the observer. [5], p. 137. The position of the node may be used as one of a set of parameters, called orbital elements, which

  4. Atomic orbital - Wikipedia

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    As with s orbitals, this phenomenon provides p, d, f, and g orbitals at the next higher possible value of n (for example, 3p orbitals vs. the fundamental 2p), an additional node in each lobe. Still higher values of n further increase the number of radial nodes, for each type of orbital.

  5. Azimuthal quantum number - Wikipedia

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    The angular momentum quantum number, ℓ and the corresponding spherical harmonic govern the number of planar nodes going through the nucleus. A planar node can be described in an electromagnetic wave as the midpoint between crest and trough, which has zero magnitudes. In an s orbital, no nodes go through the nucleus, therefore the ...

  6. Spherical coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    the radial distance r along the line connecting the point to a fixed point called the origin; the polar angle θ between this radial line and a given polar axis; [a] and; the azimuthal angle φ, which is the angle of rotation of the radial line around the polar axis. [b] (See graphic regarding the "physics convention".)

  7. Graph theory - Wikipedia

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    A graph is planar if it contains as a subdivision neither the complete bipartite graph K 3,3 nor the complete graph K 5. Another problem in subdivision containment is the Kelmans–Seymour conjecture: Every 5-vertex-connected graph that is not planar contains a subdivision of the 5-vertex complete graph K 5.

  8. Polar coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    Hipparchus. The concepts of angle and radius were already used by ancient peoples of the first millennium BC.The Greek astronomer and astrologer Hipparchus (190–120 BC) created a table of chord functions giving the length of the chord for each angle, and there are references to his using polar coordinates in establishing stellar positions. [2]

  9. Orbital elements - Wikipedia

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    The longitude of the ascending node, Ω, the inclination, i, and the argument of periapsis, ω, or the longitude of periapsis, ϖ, specify the orientation of the orbit in its plane. Either the longitude at epoch, L 0 , the mean anomaly at epoch, M 0 , or the time of perihelion passage, T 0 , are used to specify a known point in the orbit.