longitude

The globe had been cut in half while he worked on it, and he held his breath as he put the two sides together—praying that the countries, latitude and longitude lines would match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

They also found that the aurora spanned about 1200 km in longitude, consisted of three separated structures, and ranged in altitude from 400-900 km.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

At 105 degrees West longitude, an active satellite might see a piece of junk come within 50km of its position up to four times a day.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024

Using this data, researchers applied the kriging method, a well-known statistical technique, to make predictions of soil-bearing layer thickness and depth based on geographic coordinates such as latitude and longitude.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024

As far as his colleagues were concerned, his work was of marginal interest unless it could be shown to result in a method for identifying longitude.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

When the new system becomes official in the next year, latitudes, longitudes and elevations across the country will change by as much as 13 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Because the planet rotates as it moves across the face of its star, changes in the signal over time correspond to different longitudes on the planet.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

According to Sotheby's, the piece contains 94 cities inscribed within it, each marked with their respective longitudes and latitudes, along with 38 star pointers linked by intricate floral tracery.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

For instance, latitudes and longitudes meet at right angles on the Earth’s surface, so they appear as a nice rectangular grid on the Mercator map.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026

Then I turn my attention to the longitudes and latitudes on the map’s sides.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu