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A second of arc or arcsecond is a unit of angular measurement which comprises one-sixtieth of an arcminute, or 1/3600 of a degree of arc or 1/1296000 ≈ 7.7×10-7 of a circle. It is the angular diameter of an object of 1 unit diameter at a distance of 360×60×60/(2π) ≈ 206,265 units, such as (approximately) 1 cm at 2.1 km, or 1 astronomical unit at 1 parsec, which is the definition the parsec. This article is about angles in geometry. ... A minute of arc, arcminute, or MOA is a unit of angular measurement, equal to one sixtieth (1/60) of one degree. ... A degree (or in full a degree of arc), usually symbolized °, is a measurement of plane angle, representing 1/360 of a full rotation. ... In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a fixed point, called the centre. ... The angular diameter of an object as seen from a given position is the diameter measured as an angle. ... personal space, proxemics. ... The astronomical unit (AU or au or a. ... The parsec (symbol pc) is a unit of length used in astronomy. ...


Correspondingly, 1 radian ≈ 206,265 arcseconds. In mathematics and physics, the radian is a unit of angle measure. ...


The symbol for marking the arcsecond is the double prime (″) (U+2033, ″). One arcsecond would be 1″ (or 1"). The double prime symbol is also used to denote the inch: this can, in certain contexts, cause confusion. This article is not about the symbol for the set of prime numbers, ℙ. The prime (′, Unicode U+2032, ′) is a symbol with many mathematical uses: A complement in set theory: A′ is the complement of the set A A point related to another (e. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ...


It can be abbreviated as arcsec, but should then not be confused with the inverse trigonometric function arc secant, which has the same abbreviation. In mathematics, the trigonometric functions are functions of an angle, important when studying triangles and modeling periodic phenomena. ...


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Cool Cosmos (224 words)
The angular measure of an object is usually expressed in degrees, arcminutes or arcseconds.
Just as an hour is divided into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds, a degree is divided into 60 arcminutes and an arcminute is divided into 60 arcseconds.
To give you an idea of how small an arcsecond is, imagine the width of a dime as seen from 2 kilometers or 1 1/4 miles away.
Arcsecond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (150 words)
A second of arc or arcsecond is a unit of angular measurement which comprises one-sixtieth of an arcminute, or 1/3600 of a degree of arc or 1/1296000 ≈ 7.7×10
The symbol for marking the arcsecond is the double prime (″) (
The double prime symbol is also used to denote the inch: this can, in certain contexts, cause confusion.
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