Greenwich,

Greenwich, London
London

The Prime Meridian of the World

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What is Prime
Meridian?

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prime meridianis a line oflongitude, at which longitude is

defined to be 0. A prime meridian and its opposite in a 360-system,

at 180 longitude form agreat circle. This great circle divides
theEarth, into two hemispheres. If one uses directions of East and
West from a defined prime meridian, they can then be called Eastern
HemisphereandWestern Hemisphere. A prime meridian is finally
random, unlike anequator, which is determined by the axis of
rotation and various conventions have been used or encouraged in
different regions and throughout history.

Why does the Prime

Meridian set up at
Greenwich?

The reason for the Prime

Meridian
sets
up
at
Greenwich is that finder of
Prime Meridian is born in
Greenwich.
Therefore,
Greenwich is used to be the
centralization of the
Prime
Meridian. In 1884,
the
International
Meridian
Conference
was
held
in
Washington, the Greenwich
was also elected to be the
Prime Meridian for most of the
countries in the world. Finally,
Greenwich became the Centre
of Longitude, which is also
known as the Prime Meridian.

The Prime Meridian is connected eight countries

which are Britain, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, etc.

The longitude of Greenwich is 0 0

There is a line of Prime Meridian in the Royal

Observatory in Greenwich

The info of Prime

Meridian

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My reflection
I want to go to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich because
their government use a line to divide it into two hemispheres.
Thus I can step onto the two hemispheres at one time. If I go
there, I can learn more about Prime Meridian, especially at the
method of measurement at Prime Meridian.

Some Countries longitude

Rio de Janeiro

43 10 19 W

New York

74 0' 23" W

Greenwich

0 00 00 W

Florence

1115 E

Rome

12 27 08.4 E

Jerusalem

35 13 47.1 E

Hong Kong

114 10' 0" E

Tokyo

139 45' 5" E

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Sources of Materials

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_meridian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia
/prime-meridian/?
ar_a=1