Axis

Navigation & geography

hour angleh

One 24th of a rotation (15 degrees), used in celestial navigation.

Dimension
A
Canonical signature
A
System
astronomical
Exactness
Exact by definition

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 h = 0.2617993877991494 rad
Conversion type
linear
Historical notes
The hour-angle unit is a plane angle, not a duration.
Aliases
hour angles, 1 hour of right ascension

Same dimension

Related units

degreesi accepted°radiansiradquettaradiansiQradronnaradiansiRradyottaradiansiYradzettaradiansiZradexaradiansiEradpetaradiansiPrad

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 h = 0.2617993877991494 rad

Exact by definition relationship

10 h = 2.617993877991494 rad

Exact by definition relationship