If I travel the earth in a circle on the equator.....?

Question

then what is the distance I travel before I reach the same point again? (extra chance of best answer if you tell me what I would see on the way too....:))

Answer 1

You would travel 40,075 km (because the earth's radius is actually 6378.137 km), or actually a bit longer because you won't be a sea level the whole time.

If you were to start from Ecuador, you would pass through Peru and Brazil to the Atlantic ocean. Then, just missing the island of Sao Tome, you would cross the coast of Africa in Gabon, then pass through Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda (crossing Lake Victoria on the way), Kenya and Somalia to the Indian Ocean.

Across the Indian Ocean you would pass through the Maldives and then over many islands in Indonesia, notably Sumatra, Borneo, and Celebes, and into the Pacific. You would pass through Kiribati without touching an island, finally touching land again at Isabela in the Galapagos islands. Then you're back to Ecuador.

Answer 2

You would travel about 24000 miles and mostly you would see the ocean, but you would travel across the northern part of South America (through Ecuador near Quito, for example) and across about the center of Africa (through the Congo).

However, looking at your question, you didn't really say you were traveling around the earth at the equator, you said you were traveling in a circle at the equator -- sort of like with one foot nailed to the ground in a very small circle? Then you won't travel very far and you would see not much. Obviously the bigger the circle you travel, the more you will see (if you have your eyes open - but that's another assumption...)

Answer 3

The planet is flat, so you'll never reach the same point again. You'll fall into the sky at the end of the Earth.

Answer 4

RayEarth = 6380 Km;
PerimeterEarth = 2 x RayEarth x Pi = 2 x 6380 x 3.1459 = 40085 Km

Answer 5

About 24000 miles end to end.