How many minutes are there in 1 degree?

I don’t get it.

SusieQ1477, It's a geographical term. one degree of latitude is equal to 60 minutes, with each minute being the equivalent of 1 nautical mile (2000 yards), thus 1 degree of latitude is 60 nautical miles. A degree of longitude is 60 minutes, but the length of the minute depends on where you are in the world.

I'd like to know what these minutes and seconds are used for. Obviously not time! Following the explanation that each degree has 60 minutes, the a full rotation of 360 degrees has 21,600 minutes (360 x 60). But 1 day only has 1,440 minutes.

Sailor Blue, I didn't know about this. Anyway, your explanation is much better than the one given in the description.

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Sailor Blue has given the best explanation here... A minute is nautical or geographical mile; also, a unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

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gody deguito, SusieQ1477 - Time demonstrated on an analogue clock borrows the terms 'minute' and 'second' from sailing navigational terms. As used in mathematics, 360 degrees in a circle yet minutes/seconds are also used. Small piece of trivia - Although there a three indicators of time on some watches and clocks, the named 'second' hand on an analogue time-piece is so-called due to it dividing the hour a second time by 60