Astronomy Answers: From the Astronomical Dictionary

Astronomy Answers
From the Astronomical Dictionary


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geographic

Gè = [Greek] Earth; graphia = [Greek] description

Geographic means that it describes the Earth. The geographical coordinate system measures the latitude relative to the equator, and the longitude relative to the prime meridian which runs, for historical reasons, through Greenwich in London.