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What is A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the equator is equivalent to nearly?
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How many miles is in 1 degree?
Degrees of longitude are uniform in length. 1 degree (Longitude) = 69.69 miles*Cos(Ө)(latitude) however the length of a degree of latitude depends on were you are on the planet. A degree of latitude at the equator is notable longer than, for example, a degree of latitude at the latitude of Toronto, Canada.
How do you figure out how many meters latitude and longitude in meters?
Latitude and longitude are measured in degrees, not metres. Because the earth is (roughly) spherical, 1 degree along the equator is much larger than 1 degree nearer the poles. The formula for converting degrees to metres would need adjusting for distance from the equator. Although mathematically, this is not difficult to define, it is not particularly advantageous for most purposes. The metre was originally defined as one ten millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along the longitude passing through Paris. That definition is no longer used, but is still sufficiently accurate.
What is the area of the square of one degree latitude and longitude?
That depends on where you are on Earth, specifically, your latitude. All meridians of longitude converge (meet, come together) at the north and south poles, so any two of them get closer and closer together as you get closer to either pole. One degree of longitude is about 69 miles along the equator, but only 48.8 miles at latitude 45°, 17.9 miles at latitude 75°, and about 6 miles at latitude 85°. So as you get farther from the equator, your 1° x 1° square is getting progressively skinnier. Here's the area of your square at a few different latitudes. Each square is 1 latitude degree tall and 1 longitude degree wide, and the indicated latitude goes straight across its middle: On the equator . . . . . 4,760 square miles 30° . . . . . 4,150 square miles 45° . . . . . 3,375 square miles 60° . . . . . 2,400 square miles 85° . . . . . 415 square miles
What are the different lines in the globe?
equator- zero degree latitude prime meridian- zero degree longitude arctic circle- the sun does not appear in northern solstice antarctic circle- the sun does not appear in southern solstice tropic of cancer tropic of Capricorn international dateline-the back of the prime meridian latitude-the horizontal lines longitude- the vertical lines
What is the difference between a 30 degree angle and a 90 degree angle of insolation and the surface temperature which was 31 degrees Fahrenheit and 25 degrees Fahrenheit?
the 30 degree angle is near the equator and the 90 degree angle is near the trop of Capricorn and cancer
what is 1 degree longitude difference equivalent to change in time?
0 degrees longitude
How many miles are in degree?
One degree of latitude, and one degree of longitude along the equator only, is equivalent to roughly 69.1 miles (111 km). One degree of latitude, and of longitude on the equator only, is also equal to about 60 nautical miles.
How many miles are in one degree?
One degree of latitude, and one degree of longitude along the equator only, is equivalent to roughly 69.1 miles (111 km). One degree of latitude, and of longitude on the equator only, is also equal to about 60 nautical miles.
How mesure the degree of longitude?
we can measured the longitude by north pole and south pole by equator
Why is there a difference in nautical miles 1 degree longitude between the equator and the poles?
The Earth is not a perfect sphere; it is slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator due to its rotation. This shape, known as an oblate spheroid, causes the distance between lines of longitude to decrease towards the poles. As a result, there is a difference in the number of nautical miles for 1 degree of longitude between the equator and the poles.
What is the distance between two longitudes at the equator?
At the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,075.16 km ( 24,901.55 miles). Divide that into 360 equal pieces to get the distance for each one degree of longitude. A degree of longitude at the equator is equal to 111.32 km.
Is the equator located at 180 degree longitude?
The equator is mapped out to be positioned as the 0º line of latitude.
What is the name for the lines of zero degree latitude and zero degree longitude?
0 longitude is the prime meridian. 0 latitude is the equator.
Does one degree of longitude equal 270 km?
The distance represented by one degree of longitude varies according to distance from the equator. That's because the meridians of longitude are equally distributed around the equator but all converge to a single point at the north and south poles. The greatest distance between any two meridians of longitude, then, is the distance between the points where they cross the equator. Along the equator, one degree of longitude covers about 111.1 kilometers.
What do you call 0 degrees latitude and longitude?
0 degree latitude is called equator and 0 degree longitude is called prime meridian
What degree does the equator fall on?
The equator is composed of all the points that have zero latitude and every possible longitude.
The distance between the greensboro line and the line one degree to the east or west at the equator is?
At the equator, one degree of longitude corresponds to about 69 miles.
