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Q.7. What is magnetic meridian and geographic meridian. |
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Answer» A geographic meridian(orline of longitude) is the half of an imaginarygreat circleon the Earth's surface, terminated by theNorth Poleand theSouth Pole, connecting points of equallongitude, as measured in angular degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian. Themagnetic meridianis an equivalent imaginary line connecting the magneticsouthandnorth polesand can be taken as the horizontalcomponentof magnetic force lines along the surface of the earth. |
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