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What is the circle around the earth that is 23 and one half degrees north of the equator?
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Why longitude are 360 degrees?
Because there are 360 degrees in a circle and the equator of the Earth is a circle.
Why is the equator the great circle?
It is a circle because, the earth is a circle, and the equator stretches all the way around the earth.
Does the equator circle the earth at 0 degrees latitude?
Yes.
Why is the equator the only parallel that is a great circle?
It is a circle because, the earth is a circle, and the equator stretches all the way around the earth.
What are the imaginary lines that circle east and west around the earth?
The equator, or line of zero latitude, runs around the Earth at its widest point.
Where is 47 degrees north?
47 degrees north describes anywhere along a circle drawn around the Earth 47 degrees north of the Equator. This is just further north than halfway between the Equator and the North Pole.
What are the degrees of the artitic circle?
Not sure about the artitic (sic) circle but in 2012 the Arctic Circle was approx 66.56 degrees north of the equator. It is around 66.66 degrees north but the exact value depends on the tilt of the Earth's axis which changes slightly over time.
What name is given to half circle that continues around the earth?
The Equator is the line that separates the earth into two hemispheres
What is the name of the on a map that circle the middle of the earth?
equator
The distance around the earth at the equator is like what measurement ofa circle?
This comparable to the perimeter of a circle.
What is that mean 60 degrees north and 50 degrees east?
The earth is almost spherical. So if you travel north from the equator you are on a circular path (a line of longitude), and distance around a circle is measured in degrees. The north pole is at 90 degrees north (so 60 degrees is two thirse the way). Similarly if you travel east, you are going around a circle parallel to the equator. Zero degrees is traditionally at Greenwich in London, England. So 50 degrees east is 50 degrees around this circle (of latitude). All lines of longitude meet at the poles. All lines of latitude are parallel to the equator (which is zero latitude).
How many times did Columbus circle the earth?
he never fully circled around the equator of Earth
