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terrestrial longitude
subject			fact

terrestrial longitude	has definition On Earth, distance east or west of Greenwich, England, measured along lines drawn parallel to the equator.
	has definition Angular distance measured along the Earth's equator from the Greenwich meridian to the meridian of a geographic location.
	is an instance of geocentric coordinate component
	is an instance of angle
geocentric coordinate component	is a component of geocentric coordinate
angle	has unit angle unit
number	has value