compare the length of the 60 degree latitude to the length of equator
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Equator length is twice as long as 60° latitude.
Explanation:
The earth is frequently represented as a sphere with its axis flattened by 0.336 percent. The equator is now 0.16 percent longer than a meridian as a result (a great circle passing through the two poles).
The 60th parallel is half as long as the Equator line while being about twice as distant from the Equator as it is from the North Pole because 60 degrees' cosine has a value of 0.5. The Earth bulges here by an amount equal to that on the Equator.
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