Illinois and Iran are both several degrees of longitude wide. So, depending on the starting and ending points you select, the space between them may have several different values. -- The longitude at the center of Springfield, IL is about 88.64° West. -- The longitude at the center of Tehran, Iran is about 51.41° East. -- The difference is about 140.1° degrees of longitude.
The distance between two longitude lines varies depending on the latitude. At the equator, each degree of longitude is approximately 111 kilometers (69 miles) apart. However, this distance decreases as you move towards the poles.
Right Ascension in space is equivalent to Longitude on Earth but it is measured in hours minutes and seconds rather than degrees, minutes and seconds. 1 hour of RA is equivalent to 15° of longitude. Declination in Space is equivalent to Latitude on Earth. Both are measure in degrees, minutes and seconds. Declination is measured from the Celestial Equator, + being north and - being south, just like Latitude.
The Space Needle is located in Seattle, Washington, at approximately 47.6205° N latitude and 122.3493° W longitude.
Longitude and latitude are angles involved in the description of locations on thesurface of the Earth, and now in the age of space exploration, on the surface ofother bodies where a coordinate system has been defined. Wherever you're talkingabout, though, these quantities refer to the surfaces of spheres, and not to thespace between them.
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Illinois and Iran are both several degrees of longitude wide. So, depending on the starting and ending points you select, the space between them may have several different values. -- The longitude at the center of Springfield, IL is about 88.64° West. -- The longitude at the center of Tehran, Iran is about 51.41° East. -- The difference is about 140.1° degrees of longitude.
An angle.
On the Earth's surface, Longitude has a range of 360 degrees. It can go from 0 to 360 degrees or from -180 to + 180 degrees. Latitude goes from -90 degrees to +90 degrees. In space, the Earth's longitude measures its annual progress round the Sun. The Sun appears to follow a path called the ecliptic, as a result of the Earth's orbit. In fact the ecliptic defines the plane of the Earth's orbit. When the Earth's longitude on the ecliptic is 100 degrees, it defines the true moment of the start of the New Year, usually on Jan 1.
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The distance between two longitude lines varies depending on the latitude. At the equator, each degree of longitude is approximately 111 kilometers (69 miles) apart. However, this distance decreases as you move towards the poles.
Right Ascension in space is equivalent to Longitude on Earth but it is measured in hours minutes and seconds rather than degrees, minutes and seconds. 1 hour of RA is equivalent to 15° of longitude. Declination in Space is equivalent to Latitude on Earth. Both are measure in degrees, minutes and seconds. Declination is measured from the Celestial Equator, + being north and - being south, just like Latitude.
The Space Needle is located in Seattle, Washington, at approximately 47.6205° N latitude and 122.3493° W longitude.
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Longitude and latitude are angles involved in the description of locations on thesurface of the Earth, and now in the age of space exploration, on the surface ofother bodies where a coordinate system has been defined. Wherever you're talkingabout, though, these quantities refer to the surfaces of spheres, and not to thespace between them.
On both of my best mapping resources, the Space Needle, in Seattle WA, is marked at 47.62039° north latitude 122.34927° west longitude.
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