planetocentric coordinates

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planetocentric coordinates [plə¦ned·ō¦sen·trik kō′ȯrd·ən·əts]

(astronomy)

Coordinates that indicate the position of a point on the surface of a planet, determined by the direction of a line joining the center of the planet to the point.

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