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Zenith Angle


Zenith

The zenith angle is an angle measured from the z-axis in spherical coordinates, denoted phi in this work.

It is also known as the polar angle and colatitude.


See also

Azimuth, Colatitude, Polar Angle, Spherical Coordinates

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References

Zwillinger, D. (Ed.). "Spherical Coordinates in Space." §4.9.3 in CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 297-298, 1995.

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Zenith Angle

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Zenith Angle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ZenithAngle.html

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