Annual aberration is caused by the motion of an observer on the Earth revolving around the Sun.
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In the case of annual aberration of starlight, the direction of incoming starlight as seen in the Earth's moving frame is tilted relative to the angle observed in the Sun's frame.
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In practice, because the Earth is not an inertial rest frame but experiences centripetal acceleration towards the Sun, many aberrational effects such as annual aberration on Earth cannot be considered light-time corrections.
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Assuming a circular orbit, annual aberration causes stars exactly on the ecliptic ( the plane of the Earth's orbit ) to appear to move back and forth along a straight line, varying by \ kappa on either side of their position in the Sun's frame.