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If you travel 10 degrees of longitude along the equator the distance traveled will be very diffrent from the distance traveled through 10 degrees of longitude at 60 degrees n latitude why?
Yes, because lines of longitude converge at the poles. The distance between longitude lines will always decrease the further you are from the equator. Lines of latitude remain equidistant.This is why no map is always accurate. Think of peeling an orange and try laying it flat on the table.
What is the distance between two longitudes at the equator?
At the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,075.16 km ( 24,901.55 miles). Divide that into 360 equal pieces to get the distance for each one degree of longitude. A degree of longitude at the equator is equal to 111.32 km.
Why does the length of a parallel decrease toward the poles?
You may be thinking of the distance between lines of longitude. The length of the lines of latitude decrease because the Earth is round, so the length of the line is shorter at the poles than it is at the Equator. The distance between the lines of longitude is shorter as you move toward the poles, again, because the Earth is round. All lines of longitude are the same length.
What is the distance between 140 longitude and 130 longitude?
Along the equator, it's about 690 miles. In other places, the farther you are from the equator, the shorter it is. At the poles, it's zero.
What distance is spanned by 1 grade of longitude at the equator?
1° of longitude along the equator measures 110.5 km.
Does one degree of longitude equal 270 km?
The distance represented by one degree of longitude varies according to distance from the equator. That's because the meridians of longitude are equally distributed around the equator but all converge to a single point at the north and south poles. The greatest distance between any two meridians of longitude, then, is the distance between the points where they cross the equator. Along the equator, one degree of longitude covers about 111.1 kilometers.
If you travel 10 degrees of longitude along the equator the distance traveled will be very diffrent from the distance traveled through 10 degrees of longitude at 60 degrees n latitude why?
Yes, because lines of longitude converge at the poles. The distance between longitude lines will always decrease the further you are from the equator. Lines of latitude remain equidistant.This is why no map is always accurate. Think of peeling an orange and try laying it flat on the table.
What is the distance between two longitudes at the equator?
At the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,075.16 km ( 24,901.55 miles). Divide that into 360 equal pieces to get the distance for each one degree of longitude. A degree of longitude at the equator is equal to 111.32 km.
Why does the length of a parallel decrease toward the poles?
You may be thinking of the distance between lines of longitude. The length of the lines of latitude decrease because the Earth is round, so the length of the line is shorter at the poles than it is at the Equator. The distance between the lines of longitude is shorter as you move toward the poles, again, because the Earth is round. All lines of longitude are the same length.
What is the distance between 140 longitude and 130 longitude?
Along the equator, it's about 690 miles. In other places, the farther you are from the equator, the shorter it is. At the poles, it's zero.
What distance is spanned by 1 grade of longitude at the equator?
1° of longitude along the equator measures 110.5 km.
Why is there a difference in nautical miles 1 degree longitude between the equator and the poles?
Because all 360 degrees of longitude are evenly distributed around the whole Earth,but that whole distance around shrinks as you move from the equator to the poles.Along the equator, one degree of longitude is about 69 miles (111 km). That distanceprogressively shrinks as you move away from the equator, and exactly at the poles,it's zero! All longitudes converge (come together) at the poles.
WHAt is the distance bitween 91 dgree longitude east and 92 longitude east?
That depends on your latitude. Longitudes all taper closer together, likethe ribs of a tangerine, as you move from the equator to the poles, andall longitudes meet in a single point at each pole.One degree of longitude represents a distance of about 111.1 km (69 miles)on the equator, and zero at either pole.At any latitude, the distance between two consecutive degrees of longitude is (69 miles) times (cosine of the latitude).
What distance are lines of longitude used to know?
None. The distances between the lines of longitude are a meaningless concept. These lines measure angular distance around the world around the equator. Each degree of longitude is approx 111 km at the equator and 0 km at the poles.
Why does the length of the parallel decreases towards the pole?
You may be thinking of the distance between lines of longitude. The length of the lines of latitude decrease because the Earth is round, so the length of the line is shorter at the poles than it is at the Equator. The distance between the lines of longitude is shorter as you move toward the poles, again, because the Earth is round. All lines of longitude are the same length.
What is the actual distance between lines of the longitude?
It depends on one's latitude, I believe. Distance at the Poles, Zero, at the Equator about 700 miles.
What is the distance of longitude at the equator and the poles?
The equator is a line made of points at zero latitude and every longitude, andevery longitude converges (comes together) at the poles..
