2006-09-19 10:39:04 · 10 answers · asked by Bob 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
From one time zone to the other
2006-09-19 10:50:11 · update #1
That depends on where you are on the globe. At the equator, where the circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles, each time zone, 24 of them, would have to be about 1,040 miles each, if evenly spaced.
There are 360 degrees in a circle and the globe is also divided into degrees of latitude and longitude. Thus, each time zone would be 15 degrees wide. The actual distance would vary as you move from the poles to the equator.
The other factor is that the time zones are not perfect direct lines up and down the globe. They are politically drawn such that some are wider than others. Some cut clear across other zones. Therefore, there is no perfect answer for your question.
Most atlas maps will show you the time zones.
Check it out, you'll find it interesting.
2006-09-19 10:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by rac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distance from one time zone to the next is infinitely small. However, the width of a time zone is about 500 miles in the mid-latitudes (i.e., in the 30-40 degree lat range)
2006-09-19 14:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance around the world is about 24,000 miles and there are 24 hours in a day, so I'd say about 1,000 miles average between time zones.
2006-09-19 10:43:07 · answer #3 · answered by tlf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends a lot on where you are. If you're at one of the poles, the distance becomes zero. You could stand on all 24 zones at a time.
2006-09-19 10:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by corleone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer above is correct, but only at the equator. Time zones roughly follow the lines of longitude, so the distance decreases as you approach the poles.
2006-09-19 10:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Wide Are Time Zones
2017-02-21 01:35:22 · answer #6 · answered by messina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zero. The time zones are adjacent, separated by a line which by definition has no width.
2006-09-19 10:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by Sheik Yerbouti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AH HAH! good one, it has to be sometime, everywhere, so there cant be any distance between time zones, or maybe thats where that hoffa guy went, between time zones...
2006-09-19 10:42:10 · answer #8 · answered by Aaron S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is about one-twenty fourth of the circumference of the latitude at which it is measured.
2006-09-20 07:57:05 · answer #9 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
around 950 kilometers
2006-09-19 10:42:58 · answer #10 · answered by dark_angel 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋