Is a nautical mile dealing with boating??
2006-07-17 03:57:44 · 11 answers · asked by jstratton97_98 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the planet Earth. If you were to cut the Earth in half at the equator, you could pick up one of the halves and look at the equator as a circle. You could divide that circle into 360 degrees. You could then divide a degree into 60 minutes. A minute of arc on the planet Earth is 1 nautical mile. This unit of measurement is used by all nations for air and sea travel.
A knot is a unit of measure for speed. If you are traveling at a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour, you are said to be traveling at a speed of 1 knot.
A kilometer is also defined using the planet Earth as a standard of distance. If you were to take the Earth and cut it in half along a line passing from the North Pole through Paris, and then measure the distance of the curve running from the North Pole to the equator on that circle, and then divide that distance by 10,000, you would have the traditional unit for the kilometer as defined in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences.
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters, or 1.852 kilometers. In the English measurement system, a nautical mile is 1.1508 miles, or 6,076 feet.
To travel around the Earth at the equator, you would have to travel (360 * 60) 21,600 nautical miles, 24,857 miles or 40,003 kilometers.
2006-07-17 04:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A land mile is 5280 feet..
A nautical mile is 6076 feet..
A nautical mile is 1/60 of 1 degree ( called 1 minute ) of the 360 degrees of the earths circumference.
2006-07-17 04:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a nautical mile is the distance you go on the earth when you move through 1 second of arc (think of this as moving 1/60th of a degree around the equator)
nautical miles are easier to calculate bearings with
2006-07-17 04:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by Epidavros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A nautical mile is a unit of length. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI. [1] The nautical mile is used around the world for maritime and aviation purposes.
2006-07-17 04:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by deep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nautical mile is a mile in water for ships etc.mile is when travelling by road.
1 nautical mile = 1.151mile
1 mile = 0.87 nautical mile
2006-07-17 04:05:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A statute mile is 5280 ft.
a nautical mile is 1852 m or approximately 6076 ft
2006-07-17 04:06:01 · answer #6 · answered by Somewhere in Iraq 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One measures distance- nautical miles at sea and kilometer on land.
2016-03-26 21:33:36 · answer #7 · answered by Janet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it deals mostly with boating...but really, I think it's just a mile is 5,280 feet where a nautical is 5,000 feet even.
2006-07-17 04:00:35 · answer #8 · answered by adtmatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mile is messured, nautical mile is running a mile wearing Nautica Gear.
2006-07-17 04:00:23 · answer #9 · answered by jessy l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nautical is shorter. we also use it when talking about radars and stuff. not just in boating.
2006-07-17 04:01:59 · answer #10 · answered by BonesofaTeacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋