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At 10 am EST the sun is crossing the meridian with a longitude of?
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anywhere between 37.5° and 52.5° West.
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What is the difference between the position of the sun at mid day on a winters day and mid day on a summers day?
At local apparent noon, the time at which the Sun passes your meridian of longitude, the winter Sun is much lower in the sky than the summer Sun.
How are the prime maridian and equator different?
The difference between any meridian and the equator:-The Equator is an imaginary line of latitude (it goes round the middle of the Earth in the plane in which the Earth spins) it is also a "Great Circle" in that the plane of the equator passes through the middle of the Earth.Meridians are imaginary lines of longitude (they pass through the North and South Poles of Earth and are therefore at 90 degrees to the plane in which the Earth spins). Meridians/lines of longitude are also "Great Circles".The difference between the prime meridian and the equator:-The Equator is 0 degrees latitude while the Prime Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
What is the imaginary line drawn throught the earth from the north pole to the south pole?
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude. The North Pole is at 90 degrees N latitude. All lines of longitude converge at both poles. Additionally, there is the "Prime Meridian" based on Greenwich, England at 0 degrees longitude, and the "International Date Line" which, with a few aberrations to avoid crossing land, runs more or less in a straight line at 180 degrees longitude.
What is meridian passage of the sun?
When the shadow of the Sun is exatly in the North
What is the relation between longitude and time?
The Earth rotates at a steady rate of 360° per day, or 15° per hour so there is a direct relationship between time and longitude. If navigator on a ship knows the time they left port and has an accurate time reference on ship then they can calculate the longitude and their position. It was critical for sailors to know their location and where the nearest land was located.
A person knows the sun time on the prime meridian and the local sun time What determination can be made?
Longitude
It is always the same solar time or sun time along?
a single meridian of longitude
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 the position of the sun at mid day on a winters day and mid day on a summers day?
At local apparent noon, the time at which the Sun passes your meridian of longitude, the winter Sun is much lower in the sky than the summer Sun.
Am and pm mean?
AM = "Ante - Meridian"PM = "Post - Meridian""Ante" and "post" mean "before" and "after"."Meridian" is the imaginary line in the sky that runs north/south and passes directly over you.In the morning, the sun moves from the eastern horizon toward the meridian. At Noon, the sun crosses the meridian. In the afternoon, the sun has crossed the meridian and moves away from it toward the west.Morning is the time before the sun crosses the meridian = Ante-Meridian = AM.Afternoon and evening is the time after the sun crosses the meridian = Post-Meridian = PM.
How are the prime maridian and equator different?
The difference between any meridian and the equator:-The Equator is an imaginary line of latitude (it goes round the middle of the Earth in the plane in which the Earth spins) it is also a "Great Circle" in that the plane of the equator passes through the middle of the Earth.Meridians are imaginary lines of longitude (they pass through the North and South Poles of Earth and are therefore at 90 degrees to the plane in which the Earth spins). Meridians/lines of longitude are also "Great Circles".The difference between the prime meridian and the equator:-The Equator is 0 degrees latitude while the Prime Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.
What is the imaginary line drawn throught the earth from the north pole to the south pole?
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude. The North Pole is at 90 degrees N latitude. All lines of longitude converge at both poles. Additionally, there is the "Prime Meridian" based on Greenwich, England at 0 degrees longitude, and the "International Date Line" which, with a few aberrations to avoid crossing land, runs more or less in a straight line at 180 degrees longitude.
What is meridian passage of the sun?
When the shadow of the Sun is exatly in the North
What is the relation between longitude and time?
The Earth rotates at a steady rate of 360° per day, or 15° per hour so there is a direct relationship between time and longitude. If navigator on a ship knows the time they left port and has an accurate time reference on ship then they can calculate the longitude and their position. It was critical for sailors to know their location and where the nearest land was located.
What problem did establishing time zone solve?
Establishing time zones made it possible for everyone in the country to experience the sun being at the highest point in the sky and crossing the meridian at noon.
What state does the sun go over at noon?
Solar noon is the time when the Sun appears to contact the local celestial meridian. This is when the Sun apparently reaches its highest point in the sky, at 12 noon apparent solar time and can be observed using a sundial. The local or clock time of solar noon depends on the longitude and date.
Do lines of longitude have anything to do with measuring time?
yes... The longitude that the sun is directly over at any point in time is on average 15
