Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system
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earth-centered-earth-fixed-coordinate-system-206-14549473
title:
Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system
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The Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system, also known as the geocentric coordinate system, is a cartesian spatial reference system that represents locations in the vicinity of the Earth as X, Y, and Z measurements from its center of mass. Its most common use is in tracking the orbits of satellites and in satellite navigation systems for measuring locations on the surface of the Earth, but it is also used in applications such as tracking crustal motion. The distance from a given point of
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encyclopedia
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3-D coordinate system centered on the Earth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-centered,_Earth-fixed_coordinate_system
date created:
2006-06-20T21:37:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:32:21Z
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