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- {{Image|Great_circle.png|right|250px|Great circle. The green arc is part of a great circle that connects the points '''r'''<sub>1</sub> and '''r'''<sub>2</sub> 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.2 KB (419 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
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- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Great circle]]. Needs checking by a human.506 bytes (65 words) - 16:59, 11 January 2010
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- Great circle that divides sphere into two equal hemispheres (half-spheres).111 bytes (13 words) - 05:50, 20 March 2010
- Great circle that apparent orbit of Sun makes on celestial sphere.102 bytes (14 words) - 11:32, 29 October 2008
- {{Image|Great_circle.png|right|250px|Great circle. The green arc is part of a great circle that connects the points '''r'''<sub>1</sub> and '''r'''<sub>2</sub> 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.2 KB (419 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- As all [[meridian]]s are halves of [[great circle]]s, on Earth, a degree of latitude is equal to about 111 [[kilometer]]s (691,016 bytes (156 words) - 19:59, 19 October 2009
- In [[astronomy]], the '''ecliptic''' is the [[great circle]] on the [[celestial sphere]] that the Sun, seen from the Earth, seems to d2 KB (333 words) - 05:31, 24 March 2010
- ...hich is along a [[great circle]], but the difference between loxodrome and great circle, especially for shorter distances, is small. Ease of navigation outweighs a2 KB (294 words) - 10:09, 4 September 2009
- ...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.482 bytes (73 words) - 21:42, 24 January 2021
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Great circle]]. Needs checking by a human.506 bytes (65 words) - 16:59, 11 January 2010
- ...hat connects all locations with a given [[longitude]]. Each is half of a [[great circle]] on the Earth's surface.589 bytes (90 words) - 18:58, 10 November 2007
- ...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 e5 KB (857 words) - 10:54, 22 March 2010
- ...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 [[kilomet1 KB (199 words) - 15:28, 8 February 2008
- To prove this, Euler considers a great circle on the sphere and the great circle to which it is transported by the movement.12 KB (1,865 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2010
- 5 KB (714 words) - 15:21, 8 April 2023
- ...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. Planes9 KB (1,403 words) - 02:22, 14 October 2013
- ...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]6 KB (830 words) - 17:15, 7 March 2024
- ...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 distan27 KB (4,267 words) - 10:14, 8 April 2023
- ...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 po37 KB (5,551 words) - 13:57, 24 September 2013