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What is the great circle passing through the south point on the horizon the zenith and the north point on the horizon is called?
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A "meridian"
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Which of the following correctly describes the meridian in your sky?
a half-circle extending from your horizon due north, through your zenith, to your horizon due south
Why do rainbows curve?
Its because the rainbow is actually a circle. You only see the segment that goes from horizon to horizon. Sometimes you can see the whole rainbow, even multiple ones around the sun as the light filters through upper level atmosphoric moisture (:
What is the circle of light you see when you look through the microscope is called?
the newton ring
How long is the day in winter and summer?
That varies a lot depending on the latitude, from 12 hour day throught Winter and Summer (at the equator), to the Sun being above the horizon all the time, i.e., 24-hour day (in summer, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle), or all the time under the horizon, i.e. 0-hour day (in winter, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle).That varies a lot depending on the latitude, from 12 hour day throught Winter and Summer (at the equator), to the Sun being above the horizon all the time, i.e., 24-hour day (in summer, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle), or all the time under the horizon, i.e. 0-hour day (in winter, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle).That varies a lot depending on the latitude, from 12 hour day throught Winter and Summer (at the equator), to the Sun being above the horizon all the time, i.e., 24-hour day (in summer, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle), or all the time under the horizon, i.e. 0-hour day (in winter, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle).That varies a lot depending on the latitude, from 12 hour day throught Winter and Summer (at the equator), to the Sun being above the horizon all the time, i.e., 24-hour day (in summer, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle), or all the time under the horizon, i.e. 0-hour day (in winter, north of the northern polar circle or south of the southern polar circle).
What is the name of the white circle observed through the microscope?
If you mean what you see when you look through a microscope, it is called the field of view. Until you place your eye closer to the eye piece is does appear like a white circle.
The great circle passing through the south point on the horizon the zenith and the north point on the horizon is called the?
its the celestial sphere, Mr. Smith taught me that today, smart man!
What is called a line passing through the center of a circle with both endpoints on the circle?
This is the diameter of the circle.
What is a line passing through the center of a circle with both end points on the circle called?
This is a line segment called a diameter of the circle.
A line segment that connects 2 points on a circle while passing through the center of a circle is called the?
it can be called the diameter of the circle. or a chord
What is the line passing through the center of a circle with two endpoints on the circle?
The line passing through the center of a circle with two endpoints on the circle is the circle's diameter.
What is the Imaginary circle passing through the poles now called?
International Date Line
What is a line passing through the center of a circle?
It is called a diameter if it goes from end to end and radius if it is half way the circle.
What is the inside measurement of a circle called?
The inside measurement of a circle is called the diameter. It is the distance across the circle, passing through the center.
What is a chord passing through the center of a circle?
a diameter
Does a secant line pass through the center of a circle?
No, a secant line does not pass through the center of a circle. A secant line is a line that intersects a circle in two distinct points. Only a line passing through the center of a circle is called a diameter.
What does the Horizon great circle on the celestial sphere represent?
A circle through the Earth's sphere perpendicular to the observer's latitude
Line passing through the center of a circle with both end points on the circle?
That's a diameter of the circle.
