how many longitudes passes in one hour
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The earth rotates 360o around it's axis (there are 360 degrees of longitude lines) in 24 hours. So one hour = 360/24 = 15 degrees of longitude lines and one degree longitude = 60 minutes / 15 degrees = 4 minutes
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Rotation of the earth around the sun causes day and night. The earth takes 365.5 days to rotate around the sun. The earth’s rotation lasts till the 24hours.
When the earth start rotates it rotates from east to west direction in the 24 hours a day.
If it comes to count of longitudes, then there are uncountable longitudes from which the earth crosses.
In any of the event, all the lines of the longitude face the sun 24 hours.
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