Battle of Chustenahlah

The fundamental plane in a spherical coordinate system is a plane of reference that divides the sphere into two hemispheres. The geocentric latitude of a point is then the angle between the fundamental plane and the line joining the point to the centre of the sphere.[1]

For a geographic coordinate system of the Earth, the fundamental plane is the Equator.

Astronomical coordinate systems have varying fundamental planes:[2]

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