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  2. Angular diameter - Wikipedia

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    Degrees, therefore, are subdivided as follows: 360 degrees (°) in a full circle; 60 arc-minutes (′) in one degree; 60 arc-seconds (″) in one arc-minute; To put this in perspective, the full Moon as viewed from Earth is about 1 ⁄ 2 °, or 30 ′ (or 1800″). The Moon's motion across the sky can be measured in angular size: approximately ...

  3. Astronomical coordinate systems - Wikipedia

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    Angles in the hours ( h), minutes ( m), and seconds ( s) of time measure must be converted to decimal degrees or radians before calculations are performed. 1 h = 15°; 1 m = 15′; 1 s = 15″ Angles greater than 360° (2 π ) or less than 0° may need to be reduced to the range 0°−360° (0–2 π ) depending upon the particular calculating ...

  4. Outer space - Wikipedia

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    Deep space is defined by the United States government as all of outer space which lies further from Earth than a typical low-Earth-orbit, thus assigning the Moon to deep-space. [118] Other definitions vary the starting point of deep-space from, "That which lies beyond the orbit of the moon," to "That which lies beyond the farthest reaches of ...

  5. Geothermal gradient - Wikipedia

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    Mean heat flow is 65 mW/m 2 over continental crust and 101 mW/m 2 over oceanic crust. [22] This is 0.087 watt/square metre on average (0.03 percent of solar power absorbed by Earth [ 23 ] ), but is much more concentrated in areas where the lithosphere is thin, such as along mid-ocean ridges (where new oceanic lithosphere is created) and near ...

  6. Nautical mile - Wikipedia

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    A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. [2] [3] [4] Historically, it was defined as the meridian arc length corresponding to one minute (⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of a degree) of latitude at the equator, so that Earth's polar circumference is very near to 21,600 nautical miles (that is 60 minutes × 360 degrees).

  7. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    100 meters – the distance a very fast human can run in about 10 seconds; 100.584 meters – length of a Canadian football field between the goal lines (110 yards) 91.5 meters – 137 meters – length of a soccer field [119] 105 meters – length of football pitch (UEFA stadium categories 3 and 4) 105 meters – length of a typical football field

  8. Scientists say Earth on track for disastrous sea level rise - AOL

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    In the IPCC’s 2021 report, scientists estimated that sea level will rise about 0.9 to 3.3 feet (0.28 to 1.01 meters) by 2100, but also said those numbers didn’t factor in uncertainties around ...

  9. Square degree - Wikipedia

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    The full moon covers only about 0.2 deg 2 of the sky when viewed from the surface of the Earth. The Moon is only a half degree across (i.e. a circular diameter of roughly 0.5°), so the moon's disk covers a circular area of: π (⁠ 0.5° / 2 ⁠) 2, or 0.2 square degrees. The moon varies from 0.188 to 0.244 deg 2 depending on its distance from ...