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Spherical coordinate system

A coordinate system in which you specify the location of an object as , , and :
is the distance from the origin of the coordinate system to a location.
is the angle in the zx plane of the coordinate system to a location, as in cylindrical coordinates.
is the angle between the y-axis of the coordinate system and the line connecting the origin of the coordinate system and the location.