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On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:29:53 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:

> There are EXACTLY 21600 nautical miles (1/60 degrees) to a circum-global
> geodesic, and that is VERY visceral.

How many miles are there on the 45th parallel? It is a geodesic and it 
does go around the globe.