A reminder of what degrees are
Invented by the Babylonians who believed certain numbers had magical properties (3, 6, 12, 24, 60)
- They divided a full circle into 360 degrees (because 360 is divisible by 3, 6, 12, 24, 60, etc)
- Each degree is divided into 60 arcminutes
- Each arcminute is divided into 60 arcseconds.
- We also get our time measurements from them 60 minutes per hour, 60 seconds per minute, 24 hours per day.