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geocentric solar magnetospheric coordinates (GSM)

Standard

ECSS-E-ST-10-04C Rev.1

Definition

elements of a right-handed Cartesian coordinate system (X,Y,Z) with the origin at the centre of the Earth

Notes

NOTE X points towards the Sun Z is perpendicular to X, lying in the plane containing the X and geomagnetic dipole axes Y points perpendicular to X and Z and points approximately towards dusk magnetic local time (MLT).

Relations

ECSS-E-ST-10-09C — coordinate system
ECSS-E-ST-10-04C Rev.1 — GSM
ECSS-E-ST-35C Rev. 1 — system
ECSS-S-ST-00-01C — system

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