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Astronomical Latitude
Angular distance between the direction of gravity and the
plane of the
celestial equator. Sometimes called
geographic
latitude .
Astronomical latitude corrected for the meridional
component of station error becomes geodetic latitude .
References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
