coordinates (not to be confused with ellipsoidal-harmonic coordinates).

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Longitude measures the rotational angle between the zero meridian and the measured point. By convention for the Earth, Moon and Sun, it is expressed in degrees ranging from -180° to +180°. For other bodies a range of 0° to 360° is used.For this purpose, it is necessary to identify a zero meridian,

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