What is the earth's circumference?

Question

What is the earth's circumference?

Answer 1

Earth's Circumference at the Equator: 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)

Earth's Circumference Between the North and South Poles: 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km)

Earth's Diameter at the Equator: 7,926.28 miles (12,756.1 km)

Earth's Diameter at the Poles: 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km)

Answer 2

about 40 000 km

Answer 3

there are 60 minutes in a degree

there are 360 degrees in a circle

60 x 360 = 21,600.00

one nautical mile = 1 minute of arc. ( ever wonder where the phrase  " a mile a minute" comes from? )

the Earth is 21,600 nautical miles in circumference.

( Ever wonder where a nautical mile comes from? There you go.......back when there were English miles and French miles and Russian miles on land, sailors needed an international recognized distance, so they used the circumference of the Earth )

Answer 4

At the equator it is 24901.55 miles (40075.16km)