Re: How fast is a knot, anyway

[Charles Samardza <samardza@ezy.net>]

No one has actually given a distance, My information say that a nautical mile
is 6081 ft.

John Brownlee wrote:

>         Last time I checked, a nautical mile is defined as the distance
> corresponding to a minute of longitude at the equator, as previously
> mentioned. It is convenient for navigation both by sea or air. It would
> therefor be longer than a statue mile, corresponding to something like six
> kilofeet.
>         Just a little telecommunications joke there for all the network
> administrators in the audience. :)
>
>                                                         John
>
> John Brownlee
> Lunar and Planetary Lab
> University of Arizona
> jonnie @ lpl . arizona . edu