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• Great circle
  {{Image|Great_circle.png|right|250px|Great circle. The green arc is part of a great circle that connects the points '''r'''₁ and '''r'''₂ on the ...of a great circle is equal to the radius of the sphere. The center of the great circle coincides with the center of the sphere.
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• Talk:Great circle
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• Great circle/Definition
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• Equator/Definition
  Great circle that divides sphere into two equal hemispheres (half-spheres).
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• Ecliptic/Definition
  Great circle that apparent orbit of Sun makes on celestial sphere.
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• Great circle
  {{Image|Great_circle.png|right|250px|Great circle. The green arc is part of a great circle that connects the points '''r'''₁ and '''r'''₂ on the ...of a great circle is equal to the radius of the sphere. The center of the great circle coincides with the center of the sphere.
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• Latitude
  As all [[meridian]]s are halves of [[great circle]]s, on Earth, a degree of latitude is equal to about 111 [[kilometer]]s (69
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• Template:Great circle/Metadata
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• Ecliptic
  In [[astronomy]], the '''ecliptic''' is the [[great circle]] on the [[celestial sphere]] that the Sun, seen from the Earth, seems to d
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• Hemisphere (geography)
  ...hemispheres of Earth; in this case the boundary between hemispheres is the great circle containing the arbitrarily-chosen 0 and 180-degree lines of longitude.
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• Mercator projection
  ...hich is along a [[great circle]], but the difference between loxodrome and great circle, especially for shorter distances, is small. Ease of navigation outweighs a
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• Meridian (geography)
  ...hat connects all locations with a given [[longitude]]. Each is half of a [[great circle]] on the Earth's surface.
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• Equator
  ...of the sphere and is orthogonal to its rotation axis. The equator is a [[great circle]], that is, its center coincides with the center of the sphere. Clearly th An important circle on the Northern hemisphere (not a great circle) is the [[Tropic of Capricorn]]. This is the latitude where the Sun seems e
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• Longitude
  ...de depends on where the measurement is taken. At the equator, which is a [[great circle]], a degree of east–west distance is equal to approximately 111 [[kilomet
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• Euler's theorem (rotation)
  To prove this, Euler considers a great circle on the sphere and the great circle to which it is transported by the movement.
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• Panoramic painting
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• Euclidean space
  ...ght from Europe to the US will not. Most long-distance flights follow a [[great circle]], because that is the shortest distance on the surface of a sphere. Planes
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• USS Turandot (AKA-47)
  ...than 600 veterans, then got underway on [[13 October]] and steamed via a [[great circle route]] to [[California (U.S. state)|California]]. On Friday, [[26 October]
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• Spherical polar coordinates
  ...s measured as angles east and west of the [[prime meridian]], an arbitrary great circle passing through the ''z''-axis. Longitude is measured as the angular distan
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• Nova Scotia, history
  ...trade with Europe. Halifax's advantages included its location just off the Great Circle route and the closest proximity to Europe of any mainland North American po
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