2007-01-18 10:53:41 · 3 answers · asked by jj 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
I partly agree with dewcoons. A meter is 1/10,000,000 of the distance along a meridian from the equator to the north pole, but not necessarily through Paris. If you would travel through London or Hawaii or anywhere, the distance would still be the same.
The circumpherence of the earth is 40,000 kilometers, and it's pretty constant all over the world. So a meter is also 1/40,000,000 of the length of the equator, and so on.
Yes, the meridian of origin used to run through Paris, and it now runs through Greenwich, near London.
2007-01-18 21:16:29 · answer #1 · answered by Ti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A meter is 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the equator to the north pole, going through Paris. Was decided by the French.
2007-01-18 19:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
2007-01-18 19:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by phantomlimb7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋