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# Coordinate Systems
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## GEO - Geographic coordinate system (or geodetic)
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- Longitude (radians) - radians east of prime meridian (0 - 2pi)
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- Latitude (radians) - angle between the equatorial plane and point. For oblate spheriod, this angle is not the same as the angle orthogonal to the surface of the planet and the equatorial plane.
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- Radius (meters) - the distance to the center of the planet (Altitude is often used instead).
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## PCPF - Planet-centered Planet-fixed or Geocentric coordinate system
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- Cartesian coordinates of Geographic coordinate system in meters (X, Y, Z).
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- X (meters) - aligned with the equator and prime meridian
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- Z (meters) - aligned with rotation axis of the planet
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- Y (meters) - completes the right-hand coordinate system
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## PSE - Planetary Solar Ecliptic coordinates
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- Cartesian coordinates tying together planet and Sun
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- X (meters) - points from the center of the planet to the Sun
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- Y (meters) - points from the center of the planet towards dusk and opposite planet's motion around the sun
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- Z (meters) - orthogonal to the ecliptic plane
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## Dipole Coordinates
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- Longitude (radians) - radians east of the meridian that contains the north magnetic pole and north rotation axis
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- P (?) - Identifies the field line, related to L-shell
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- Q (meters?) - The distance along the field line from some reference point, related to magnetic latitude.
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## More Dipole Coordinates
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- L-shell (Planetary Radii) - The distance from the planet's center at which the magnetic field encounters the dipole's equatorial plane
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- Magnetic Latitude (radians) - angle between the dipole's equatorial plane and the point.
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- Invariant Latitude (degrees) - angle between the dipole's equatorial plane and the point at which the field-line passes through a reference radius of the planet. This is constant along the field-line and is related to the L-Shell.
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- Magnetic Local Time (hours) - Angle between the sun, the north magnetic pole, and the point. Explicitly, this is done in PSE XY coordinates, ignoring the Z coorinate.
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# Coordinates in Aether
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There are a variety of coordinates in Aether. This document describes some of them.
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