2007-02-17 11:06:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
I mean in geography. How many degrees are there within each?
2007-02-17 11:10:15 · update #1
I'm talking about lines of latitude and longitude, not circles and arcs made by the sun or whatever.
2007-02-17 14:43:04 · update #2
since there are 60 minutes in a degree, a degree is the same as one hour.
Or maybe you want to know about global time. Well with 24 hours in a complete 360 rotation of the earth that makes
360 divided by 24=15 degrees per hour
2007-02-17 11:10:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
ZERO.
"To precisely locate points on the earth's surface, degrees longitude and latitude have been divided into minutes (') and seconds ("). There are 60 minutes in each degree. Each minute is divided into 60 seconds. Seconds can be further divided into tenths, hundredths, or even thousandths. For example, the U.S. Capitol is located at 38°53'23"N , 77°00'27"W (38 degrees, 53 minutes, and 23 seconds north of the equator and 77 degrees, no minutes and 27 seconds west of the meridian passing through Greenwich, England)."
The term "hour" is not used in descibing Latitude and Longitude at all.
2007-02-18 10:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by Arsan Lupin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The equatorial circle is 24 hours or 360 degrees in circumference. Therefore there are 15 degrees in each hour segment on the equatorial circle (longitude). The astronomical equivalent is called Right Ascension, which is longitude projected on the celestial sphere.
Try an internet search on "longitude."
2007-02-17 19:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are 15 degrees in an hour of right ascension. Right ascension is "sky longitude."
There are 360 degrees in a full circle. There are 24 (arc)hours in a full circle. 360/24 = 15.
A minute of right ascension is 1/60th of an HOUR. It is not 1/60th of a degree.
2007-02-17 19:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
One full hour elapse for every 15 degrees the earth turns. Therefore for each one degree turn four minutes would have passed.
Here's the calculation
For one complete turn the earth would have rotated 360 degrees. That is in 24hrs the earth completes 360 degrees. Therefore in 1 hour the earth completes 15 degrees.
2007-02-18 00:14:59 · answer #5 · answered by TonsofFun 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The sun travels 360 degrees in 24 hours.
360 degrees/24 hours = 15 degrees/hour.
2007-02-17 19:13:52 · answer #6 · answered by eric l 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
360 degrees = 24 hours
360/24
=15 degrees per hour
2007-02-17 23:40:19 · answer #7 · answered by paul13051956 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-17 19:08:48 · answer #8 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are 1/15hrs in 1degree.15degrees in 1hr.
2007-02-17 20:04:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋