Nectarine trees produce varietals of fruit that commonly have smooth skin, firm flesh and a stone that either removes easily from the flesh or clings to it, giving them further classification as clingstone or freestone.
The ecliptic is an imaginary line that marks the path of the sun. The signs of the Zodiac come from the constellations that lie along this line. As Earth orbits the sun, the sun appears to drift across the background stars. The ecliptic marks out the path of this motion on the sky.
The zodiac is an area of the sky centered upon the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The paths of the Moon and visible planets also remain close to the ecliptic, within the belt of the zodiac, which extends 8-9Â° north or south of the ecliptic, as measured in celestial latitude.