Ellipsoid of RevolutionGeometry & Notation

• Ellipsoids of revolution are standard in current geodesy practice

• For environmental data modeling, spheres are often used to simplify dynamics equations

• Celestiocentric coordinates (CC) are defined by the point P(X, Y, Z)

• Celestiodetic coordinates (CD) are defined by the point P(Ø, ?, h)

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