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Why do most explorers and rsquo routes seem to wander instead of traveling in straight lines?
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How long does it take to get to Venus traveling in a car at 60 miles per hour?
The straight line distance from the Earth to Venus depends on their positions in their orbits. In terms of miles, Venus is 26 million miles away from the earth at its nearest, and 162 million miles at its furthest. Along these lines it would take between 49 and 308 years. Interplanetary journeys are not undertaken along such straight-line routes. Instead they follow a trajectory that is longer but requires less fuel through using the moon as a slingshot.
What map projections show all Great Circle routes as straight lines?
The gnomonic map projection maps into straight lines all Great Circles, even those not passing through the central point, but can present even less than one hemisphere (unless the map were of infinite size with corresponding distortions, which is obviously not possible).
What is place where two routes meet?
A corner.
What three places did the triangular routes connect?
africa ,asia 13 colonies
If you were traveling 100 miles per hour how long would it take to get to Australia from LA?
Australia is a big place ... at 100 miles per hour, Australia just by itself is almost 25 hours across. Starting from Los Angeles International Airport and traveling the shortest, most direct, great circle routes, it would take you -- 71.6 hours to Bamaga -- 71.8 hours to Brisbane -- 72 hours to Cairns -- 75 hours to Sydney -- 76.5 hours to Canberra -- 78.8 hours to Darwin -- 79.3 hours to Melbourne -- 79.6 hours to Hobart -- 81 hours to Alice Springs -- 81.7 hours to Adelaide -- 93.3 hours to Perth -- 94.1 hours to Augusta
Describe the routes taken by explorers for Portugal during the 1400s and early 1500s?
the routes taken by explorers for Portugal during the 1400s and early 1500s was the cape of good hope
What was the economic impact of magellan's journey?
he opened trade routes for explorers.
European explorers began to sail the world looking for routes to what continent?
Asia
The true explorers of the Western mountains who opened new routes for settlers were the?
mountain men
The earliest explorers came to the new world in search of?
In search of shorter trade routes
The true explorers of the Western mountains who opened new routes for settlers were the .?
mountain men
What were the explorers looking for?
Early explorers were searching for different things. Many were looking for foreign lands and later they would look for potential trade routes.
The routes of which two explorers began from present day Cuba?
Ponce De Leon and De Soto
What were the first explorers to north America looking for?
Early explorers were searching for different things. Many were looking for foreign lands and later they would look for potential trade routes.
Why did the 17th century trade routes head west instead of east?
Because Christopher Columbus thought that by sailing west he would be able to reach Asia. What he found instead were two huge continents that later inspired other explorers, such as Vasco de Gama and Henry Hudson, to investigate the Americas. :)
What is one purpose of Samuel thurstons's article?
To tell people the best routes for traveling to Oregon
Why did the 17th century trade routes begin heading west instead of east?
Because Christopher Columbus thought that by sailing west he would be able to reach Asia. What he found instead were two huge continents that later inspired other explorers, such as Vasco de Gama and Henry Hudson, to investigate the Americas. :)
