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What is Longitude?...​

Answer 1

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ʟᴏɴɢɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ, ɪs ᴀ ɢᴇᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ᴄᴏᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀsᴛ–ᴡᴇsᴛ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ's sᴜʀғᴀᴄᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜʀғᴀᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴄᴇʟᴇsᴛɪᴀʟ ʙᴏᴅʏ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴀɴɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴍᴇᴀsᴜʀᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴜsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴇxᴘʀᴇssᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇɴᴏᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʟᴀᴍʙᴅᴀ. ᴍᴇʀɪᴅɪᴀɴs ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ʟᴏɴɢɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ.

Answer 2

Longitude, is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the Earth's surface, or the surface of a celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda. Meridians connect points with the same longitude.