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Geocentric latitude
| of place) the angle included between the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It is a little less than the geographic latitude. |
See also: Geocentric geocentric latitude
geocentric latitude[¦jē·ō¦sen·trik ′lad·ə‚tüd] (astronomy) The latitude of a celestial body from the center of the earth. (geodesy) Of a position on the earth's surface, the angle between a line to the center of the earth and the plane of the equator. geocentric latitude Reference ellipsoid representing the earth.The acute angle measured perpendicular to the equatorial plane and a line joining the center of the earth and a point on the surface of the reference ellipsoid. It has the same value as the geographic latitude. See also geographic latitude. |