Prime Meridian

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Prime Meridian

The meridian of longitude 0 degrees, used as the origin for measurement of longitude for a given coordinate system. On Earth, the meridian of Greenwich, England, is almost universally used for this purpose since the late 19th century.

On most other planetary bodies it's defined according to a visually dominant feature.

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use