the equator
noun
: an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth that is the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole
The city of Quito, Ecuador, lies very close to the equator.
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With Saturn now near its equinox, a seasonal milestone that comes only once every 15 Earth years, when sunlight shines directly over the equator, scientists are eager to see how the beads and star arms evolve.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Shortly after its debut this summer, the AMG team took the car to Nardò, a historic test track in Southern Italy, and drove the car 40,075 kilometers in 7 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 07 seconds – the equivalent of the Earth's circumference at the equator.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Intelsat operates a fleet of approximately 57 satellites in geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above the equator.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Every 22nd or 23rd of September, the sun appears directly over the equator, marking the autumnal equinox.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Shortly after its debut this summer, the AMG team took the car to Nardò, a historic test track in Southern Italy, and drove the car 40,075 kilometers in 7 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 07 seconds – the equivalent of the Earth's circumference at the equator.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Intelsat operates a fleet of approximately 57 satellites in geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above the equator.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Every 22nd or 23rd of September, the sun appears directly over the equator, marking the autumnal equinox.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025
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“The equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20equator. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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