Question

sun takes how much minutes to cross one degree of longitude

Answer 1

The sun takes about 4 minutes to cross one degree of longitude.

Explanation:

• As the earth takes spins on its axis for every 360° of longitude that occurs in every 24 hours that is 24 divided by 360 in one longitude 24 ÷ 360 is 1 ÷ 15 hr  × 60 min ⇒ 4 min.

• Hence both the earth and the sun take about 4 minutes to cover one degree of longitude. Known as the solar time and is expressed as a geographical coordinate that expresses the east to the west directional position of a point on the surface of the earth.

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Answer 2

Sun takes 4 minutes to cross one degree of longitude

Explanation:

Solar Hour Angle (HR) is the angular displacement of the sun from Longitude = 0°, which is the Greenwich Meridian passing through London, UK.

The earth takes 24 hours to make one rotation, which is 360° of longitudes.

So per hour, the angles covered by rotation = 360/24 = 15°.

Time take to travel 1° = 1 hour / 15° = 60 minutes / 15 = 4 minutes.