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The circumference of the earth at the equator is 360 degrees. Each degree of lattitude is 60 minutes. 60 minutes equals 1 nautical mile, 360 X 60 equals 21600 nautical miles.
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters, or 1.852 kilometers, which is longer than a statue or imperical miles The shortest mile is the metric mile at 1500m.
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What is the approximate distance of the earths circumference equator?
360 degrees x 60 minutes = 21,600 minutes of arc for full circumference = 21,600 nautical miles (one minute of arc at equator = one nautical mile). 21,600 nautical miles = 24,872.7272...statute miles = 40,028.7 kilometres. For all practical purposes 40, 000 km. = circumf. at equator.
What is the circumference and diameter of Earth in miles?
The circumference of Earth is approximately 24,901 miles, and the diameter is about 7,917.5 miles.
What is earths size in miles?
google it :P (The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,901.55 miles)
How far would you travel if you traveled around the world along the equator?
The Earths circumference at its widest point, the equator, is about 24,500 miles (off the top of my head)
What degrees latitude is the equator at?
A degree of Latitude is 69 miles or 110kms
What is the circumference of the earth at 30 degrees north?
At the equator the circumference of the earth is roughly 40 000 km. To change this to nautical miles find out how many feet that is (times it by 3280 as thats how many feet there are in a km and then divide that answer by 6080 (feet in a nautical mile) to give you circumference of the earth at the equator = 21,578 nautical miles. Because the circumference at 60N will be much smaller we use 21, 578*cos lat (60 in this case). This gives us 10, 789 nautical miles.
What is the equatorial circumference in miles?
The equatorial circumference of the Earth is approximately 24,901 miles.
What is the circumference and diameter of Earth?
The diameter of Earth at its equator is 12,756 km and its circumference is about 40,075 km.
What is circumference earth?
The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 24,902 miles. From pole to pole is 24,860 miles.
How many miles is in 0.25 degrees of the earths rotation?
360 degrees is the circumference, 25,000 miles round the equator, so divide 25,000 by 360 and then divide by 4 to find the number of miles in ¼ degree.
What is the circumference of the earth one foot above the equator?
The circumference of the Earth one foot above the equator would be approximately the same as the circumference at the equator itself, which is about 24,901 miles.
How large is the Earths circumference?
Earth's Circumference is 24,901 miles (40,075 km)
