Planetarium could honour famed Derby astronomer
A Derby community group has unveiled a vision to create a planetarium at a historic building where the celebrated astronomer ...
Miller, Kramer: Where time begins — a proposal to relocate the Prime Meridian to St. Paul
When longitude was first understood sailors measured their position by degrees east or west of their port of departure. Later ...
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Meridian Line Marker
2009 marks the 125th anniversary of the official adoption of the Greenwich Meridian line as the prime meridian.The markers were erected by East Grinstead Town Council to celebrate the Millennium.
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Understanding time zones
There are 24 time zones. There is an imaginary line running through the UK called the Prime Meridian. It runs through a place in London called Greenwich. The Prime Meridian splits the world into ...
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Remembering the Washington Conference That Brought the World Standard Time
A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...