2007-01-29 05:16:47 · 9 answers · asked by Margo H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
it is an imaginary line that divides the northern and the southern hemisphere
2007-01-29 05:24:09 · answer #1 · answered by scrow_80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Equator is an imaginary circle drawn around a planet (or other astronomical object) at a distance halfway between the poles. The equator divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.
The latitude of the equator is, by definition, 0°.
The length of Earth's equator is about 40 075.0 km, or 24 901.5 miles.
2007-01-29 13:20:28 · answer #2 · answered by sharq 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equator is an imaginary line around the earth. The plane containing the equator divides the earth into two equal hemispheres (approximately), the northern hemisphere (in which lie countries like USA, Canada, UK, France, India etc) and the southern hemisphere ( in which lie countries Brazil (almost all), Argentina, Australia, New Zealand etc). The latitudes of different places on the earth are measured with respect to the equator which is taken as zero. The latitudes of countries or places in the northern hemisphere vary from 0 to 90 degrees north.The latitudes of countries or places in the southern hemisphere vary from 0 to 90 degrees south. The north pole of the earth has latitude 90 degrees north.The south pole of the earth has latitude 90 degrees south.
2007-01-29 13:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The equator is the imaginary line on the earth's surface made by a plane perpendicular to the polar axis, passing through the center, where it intersects the surface. The equator is equidistant from the poles, 10,029 km distant. (It was supposed to be 10,000 km exactly, but the surveyors screwed up the measurements a bit.)
2007-01-29 13:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the equator is an imaginery line that goes around the earth so that the distance from every point on that line to the north pole and the south pole is equal.
the line splits the earth to two parts, roughly identical in volume
2007-01-29 13:22:39 · answer #5 · answered by roy_gavish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The exact definition depends on what you're going to use it for.
Astronomers use this definition: The great circle on the surface of a body formed by the intersection of the surface with the plane passing through the center of the body perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
2007-01-29 13:28:04 · answer #6 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the middle latitude that divides the earth in half (northern and southern hemisphere)...you should have known that when you r 7!
2007-01-29 15:40:10 · answer #7 · answered by Shine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look on a globe its the center line
2007-01-29 13:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by shorty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the internet version of a quator.
2007-01-29 13:22:08 · answer #9 · answered by busterdog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋