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This stone was meant to be the center of the world - then forgotten
In 1804, a small granite marker known as the Jefferson Pier was placed in Washington, D.C. to establish a new prime meridian ...
Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne. For years, visitors have stood on the stainless steel Greenwich Meridian Line thinking they were standing on the exact middle point between east and west. But they ...
June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian and considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we're ...
Universal Time (UT), adopted in 1928 by the International Astronomical Union, is the time standard used in astronomical almanacs, referencing the 0° longitude meridian (Greenwich). For high precision, ...
Recently there has been an unusual amount of interest in expanding U.S. territory. A better idea: why not go REALLY BIG and relocate the Prime Meridian from Greenwich, England, to Saint Paul, ...
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