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Eccentricity

As of Version 7.0, Eccentricity has become a property of GeodesyData.

Eccentricity

is an option for SpheroidalDistance which specifies the eccentricity of the ellipsoid in the spheroidal model.

Details and Options

  • To use Eccentricity, you first need to load the Geodesy Package using Needs["Geodesy`"].
  • Eccentricity->v specifies that the eccentricity of spheroidal model is the number v.
  • The default setting for Earth is 0.081819, from the WGS–84 standard.
Wolfram Research (2008), Eccentricity, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html.
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Wolfram Research (2008), Eccentricity, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html.

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Wolfram Research (2008), Eccentricity, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html.

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Wolfram Research (2008), Eccentricity, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "Eccentricity." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2008. "Eccentricity." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). Eccentricity. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html

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Wolfram Language. (2008). Eccentricity. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_eccentricity, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Eccentricity}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html}", note=[Accessed: 09-March-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_eccentricity, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Eccentricity}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html}", note=[Accessed: 09-March-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_eccentricity, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Eccentricity}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html}, note=[Accessed: 09-March-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_eccentricity, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Eccentricity}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Geodesy/ref/Eccentricity.html}, note=[Accessed: 09-March-2025 ]}