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.

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.

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