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A complete globe, including Earth, always has 360 degrees. There can be an infinite number of longitudinal lines because longitudinal lines are imaginary constructs and not physical features of Earth itself, so the number of degrees between those longitudinal lines is dependent on the number of longitudinal lines, assuming the longitudinal lines are equidistant. To calculate the number of degrees between these equidistant longitudinal lines, divide 360 degrees by the number of longitudinal lines. A model globe of Earth is typically given 36 lines of longitude. Using the calculation given above, the angle between adjacent longitudinal lines is 360 degrees divided by 36 lines of longitude, or 10 degrees. If 24 lines of longitude are used to represent the 24 time zones, the angle between adjacent longitudinal lines is 360 degrees divided by 24 lines of longitude, or 15 degrees.
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How many degrees of longitude would you cross to cover the whole world?
This may shock you, so you'd be wise to take it sitting down:East-west angles are described as angles of longitude. The Earth is a sphere.A trip around the entire Earth is a circle. In an east or west direction, such atrip covers 360 degrees of longitude. In a north or south direction, it covers360 degrees of latitude.
If there are 360 degress of longitude around the earth and there are 24 times zones how many degrees does each time zone cover?
360 degrees / 24 timezones = 15 degrees per timezone
Approximately how many degrees mark each time zone?
Theoretically, there are 24 times zones to cover the earth. So each time zone is 1 hour of time difference and 15 degrees. (Divide 360 by 24). However, practically, some time zones are larger than others. The line that seperates time zones are not straight. For example you can travel in the Central Time Zone and cover all of Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama before the time changes. I'm sure that is greater than 15 degrees of earth's rotation.
Why do you have 360 degrees longitudes and only 181 degrees latitudes?
There are several ways to come at this answer, most of them way too technical and arcane to bother with. The easiest answer to state and understand may be simply the fact that each parallel of latitude goes all the way around the Earth, but each meridian of longitude only goes half-way around the Earth, so you need more of them to cover the whole Earth. Does that do anything for you ? And by the way . . . there are only 180 degrees of latitude.
When you are at one of the poles on earth how many miles is each degree?
-- Each degree of latitude, anywhere on Earth, is about 69 miles in a north or south direction. -- Each degree of longitude covers a different distance, depending on the latitude. At the poles, any number of degrees of longitude cover zero distance.
How many degrees of longitude would you cross to cover the whole world?
This may shock you, so you'd be wise to take it sitting down:East-west angles are described as angles of longitude. The Earth is a sphere.A trip around the entire Earth is a circle. In an east or west direction, such atrip covers 360 degrees of longitude. In a north or south direction, it covers360 degrees of latitude.
If there are 360 degress of longitude around the earth and there are 24 times zones how many degrees does each time zone cover?
360 degrees / 24 timezones = 15 degrees per timezone
Does Spain cover less than 20 degrees of longitude?
Madrid is 4°w longitude
Approximately how many degrees mark each time zone?
Theoretically, there are 24 times zones to cover the earth. So each time zone is 1 hour of time difference and 15 degrees. (Divide 360 by 24). However, practically, some time zones are larger than others. The line that seperates time zones are not straight. For example you can travel in the Central Time Zone and cover all of Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama before the time changes. I'm sure that is greater than 15 degrees of earth's rotation.
How many times does the earth rotate 180 degrees?
hi earth rotate two time in 24 hour at 180 degree ..because earth is round and it has total longitude 360 degree and earth take 24 hour to move on its axis .. so it cover two time rotate of 180 degree
What do longitude lines cover that latitude lines don't?
The longitude lines cover the vertical side of the earth and the latitude lines cover the horizontal side. This gives you map coordination's.
Why do you have 360 degrees longitudes and only 181 degrees latitudes?
There are several ways to come at this answer, most of them way too technical and arcane to bother with. The easiest answer to state and understand may be simply the fact that each parallel of latitude goes all the way around the Earth, but each meridian of longitude only goes half-way around the Earth, so you need more of them to cover the whole Earth. Does that do anything for you ? And by the way . . . there are only 180 degrees of latitude.
When you are at one of the poles on earth how many miles is each degree?
-- Each degree of latitude, anywhere on Earth, is about 69 miles in a north or south direction. -- Each degree of longitude covers a different distance, depending on the latitude. At the poles, any number of degrees of longitude cover zero distance.
Latitude and longitude of arctic ocean?
It must, by definition, cover all lines of Longitude. In terms of Latitude it is further north than, say, 60 degrees.
If days had 36 hours how many degrees of longitude would each time zone be?
If a day had 36 hours instead of 24, each time zone would cover 30 degrees of longitude instead of the current 15 degrees. This is because the Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours, so with 36 hours in a day, each hour of difference would correspond to 30 degrees of longitude.
How many degrees of longitude would you pass through to fly from Helena to Ulaanbaatar?
Assuming that the question is referring to Helena, Montana . . . If you travel the short way from Helena to Ulaanbaatar, you cover 141 degrees of longitude.
How many degrees of longitude each side of the prime meridian?
Starting from the Prime Meridian and going either east or west, you'll cover 360 degrees of longitude before you find yourself back at the Prime Meridian again. Half-way around a sphere corresponds to 180 degrees. If you and your friend both start out from the Prime Meridian, and one of you travels east around the globe and the other travels west around the globe, you'll eventually meet each other. If you both travel exactly the same distance, then you each cover 180 degrees of longitude, and you meet exactly on the other side opposite the Prime Meridian, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, at 180 degrees longitude, both east and west.
