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What is one second of one degree?
If you are talking about angles, a second is one sixtieth of a minute. A minute is one sixtieth of a degree. Soooo, a second is one 3600th of a degree (60 times 60)
What is the definition for degree of an angle?
one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle
Is one sixtieth of an hour sixty minutes?
one sixtieth of an hour is one minute
How do you write one sixtieth as a maths value?
One sixtieth can be written as the decimal value 0.0166667 or the fraction 1/60.
What is the sixtieth part of an hour?
one minute
What is one sixtieth of a degree?
A unit of measurement equal to one sixtieth of a degree is called a minute. There are 60 seconds in one minute, 60 minutes in one degree, and 360 degrees in a full revolution.
How does an arc second compare to an arc minute and degree?
An arc second is 1/60th of an arc minute and 1/3600th of a degree. This means there are 60 arc seconds in an arc minute, and 3600 arc seconds in a degree.
How much is one sixtieth of a degree on a clock?
it is equal to one minute or sixty seconds
What is the angle for 1 minute?
1 minute is equal to one sixtieth (or 1/60) of a degree.
What do the symbols in longitude and latitude mean?
In latitude, the symbol "°" represents degrees. Positive values are north of the equator, negative values south of it. In longitude, the symbol "°" also represents degrees. Positive values are east of the Prime Meridian (0°), negative values west of it.
What is the definition of a minute?
A unit of time equal to one-sixtieth of an hour, or 60 seconds, or an angular measure of an arc equal to one-sixtieth of a degree in a circle that has been subdivided into 360 degrees, or to 60 seconds of an arc.
What is the unit of time of one sixtieth of one sixtieth of one twentyforth of twentyfour?
a second
Sine of 1 minute of arc?
1 minute of arc is one sixtieth, or about 0.01667, of a degree. The sine of of 0.01667 degrees is about 0.0002909.
When was it confirmed that there was 360 degrees in a circle?
It was never confirmed. The degree was created as a unit equal to one three hundred sixtieth of the way around a circle
What is one sixtieth of a minute?
its 1 second
Why is complete angle 360 degrees and not more or less than that?
That is the definition. A degree is defined as one three hundred and sixtieth of a complete revolution in Euclidean (flat) space.
What is 0.01 arcsecond?
0.01 arc second is one hundredth of an arc-second.An arc-second is one sixtieth of an arc-minute. (There are about 30 arc-seconds across the visible diameter of the Sun or Moon).An arc-minute is one sixtieth of a degree.A degree is one three hundred and sixtieth of a circle.So a hundredth of an arc-second is a good resolution for a fine telescope.If you have an image of the Moon where the moon is 3000 pixels wide (probably twice the width of your computer screen) then 0.01 arc-second is one pixel.
