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Is the circumference of the earth measured around the surface or the atmosphere?
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∙ 13y ago
It is measured around the surface of the earth. The atmosphere has its own measurement excluded from that of the Earth.
The Equator is bulged, and the Poles slightly flattened. The figure given is for sea level, and ignores any mountains. The Poles are about 21.4 km closer to the centre of the Earth than the Equator is.
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What gas is around the earth?
That is called atmosphere.That is called atmosphere.That is called atmosphere.That is called atmosphere.
What is the layer covering the earth?
There are different names for different layers, but the name we use when talking about them all is the atmosphere.The names of the different layers are as following (from nearest-to-earth's-surface to the most far away):TroposphereStratosphereMesosphereThermosphereExosphere
What are the general characteristics of earth?
* It rotates around it's axis in 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.1 seconds. * It revolves around the Sun in 365.256366 days at a speed of 29.783km/second. * It has a radius of 6,378.1 km at the equator. * It has a mean circumference of 40,075.02 km. * It has a surface area of 510,072,000km2. * It has 148,940,000 square km of land. * It has 361,132,000 square km of water. * It has a mass of 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. * It has an average density of 5.5153g/cm3 * It has a axial tilt of 23.439281 degrees. * It has a mean surface temperature of 14 degrees Fahrenheit. * It has an atmosphere made up of 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% carbon dioxide, and about 1% water vapour.
What is the equatorial circumference of mercury?
roughly 236,672 milesANSWER B:It has an average diameter of 120,536 at its equator. The equatorial circumference of Saturn is 378,675 km (or 235,298 miles).
What does the layer around the earth support?
The layer of air around the earth supports life and its called the atmosphere.
Why do we measure circumference?
The circumference is the distance around a circle and it is measured by:- Circumference of a circle = 2*pi*radius or pi*diameter
What size of Earth?
The size of the Earth is measure in parameters generally, and it is estimated and believed to be measured at around over 40,000km in circumference, and over 500 million km squared in terms of surface area.
Is circumference measured in cm?
Circumference can be measured in any linear measurement. It could be centimeters, meters, miles, inches etc. generally the circumference is the linear distance around a circle. When you have a perfect circle, it's fairly easy to calculate if you know the distance across the circle.
How do you find a length of a fence that has 10 meters of circumference and is around 2 meters away from a tower?
Your question is not clear or I am missing something?The length of the fence (measured around its perimeter) is the circumference and that is your 10 metres.Then again, a fence that surrounds a tower with a radius of 2 metres (radius measured from the centre of the tower) will have a circumference of:Pi x 2r = Pi x 4 = 12.566 metres.
What is earth's diameter and circumference?
7926 miles and 12760 km. Thats Pretty long.
What is the unit used to measure distances around a circle?
The distance around a circle is its circumference and it can be measured in any linear units.
What is the distance measured around a circle?
It's called the "circumference" of the circle. It's equal to (pi) times (the circle's diameter).
How can you put the word circumference in a sentence?
His prime objective was to measure a degree on the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.Studies have shown there has been a large increase in waist circumference in young people.The earth's circumference was accurately measured around 240 BCE by Eeratosthenes.It isn't easy to measure the circumference of large items.
Is equatorial circumference the same as radius?
No. The circumference is the distance around a circle or equaltor wheras the radius is the distance from the centre of a sphere (the centre of the earch if you will) to the surface. the diameter is twice the distance of the radius and is the distance from the surface of a sphere, through the middle point across to the other surface.
What is the surface pressures of mars?
Mars' surface pressure is around 0.7 kPa, around 0.7% of Earths surface pressure. The planet has a smaller mass and lower surface gravity than Earth, so it can only hold a thin atmosphere.
What is the average girth of a man?
Somewhere between four and five inches circumference. Measured around the middle of the penis (lengthwise) using a tape measure
How do you get the circumference of a sphere?
pie times diameter is the circumference of a circle. a sphere is a 3-dimensional object and you dont take the circumference but rather you take the surface area. the circumference is to measure the total outside distance around the circle. the surface area is the measure the total outside distance around the sphere. remember a sphere is like a ball that is rounded. a circle is just a circle and can only be 2-dimensional.. like on paper
