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The Sun and the Earth　Latitude and Longitude

  • Latitude
  • If we cut the Earth exactly in two sideways, as shown in the picture on the left, the line created on the surface (colored orange in the picture) is the equator.Lines of latitude are what we would get if we cut the earth into ring-shaped segments parallel to the equator in this way.The equator is taken to be at zero degrees, while the other lines of latitude are expressed in terms of how many degrees they are away from the equator towards the north or south.
  • Latitude　If we cut the Earth exactly in two sideways, as shown in the picture on the left, the line created on the surface (colored orange in the picture) is the equator.Lines of latitude are what we would get if we cut the earth into ring-shaped segments parallel to the equator in this way.The equator is taken to be at zero degrees, while the other lines of latitude are expressed in terms of how many degrees they are away from the equator towards the north or south.
  • Lines of longitude are what we would get if we cut the Earth in half vertically. The line that passes through the Greenwich Observatory in Great Britain as zero degrees, and other lines of latitude are expressed in terms of how many degrees they are away from zero, towards the east or west.
  • Longitude
  • Longitude　Lines of longitude are what we would get if we cut the Earth in half vertically. The line that passes through the Greenwich Observatory in Great Britain as zero degrees, and other lines of latitude are expressed in terms of how many degrees they are away from zero, towards the east or west.
I wonder if we can we express the place where we are using latitude and longitude?
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