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Terrestrial Latitude
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Latitude on
the earth; angular distance from the equator. See coordinate,
Table VI. Terrestrial latitude is named for the
datum used to measure angular distance from the equator. Astronomical
latitude is the angular distance between the direction of gravity and the
plane of the equator. Geodetic or topographical latitude is the
angular distance between the plane of the equator and a normal to the
spheroid. Geodetic and sometimes astronomical latitude are also called
geographic latitude. 'Geocentric latitude is the angle between a
line to the center of the earth and the plane of the equator. Geodetic
latitude is used for charts.
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References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
