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


Eccentricity
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.
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Text
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.
APA
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: 15-August-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: 15-August-2025]}