equator

Example Sentences

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The site's position close to the equator was more suitable for some missions than the Russian-operated spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Researchers from Rice University used a climate model modified for Mars to explore whether lakes could have survived in places such as Gale Crater near the planet's equator.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Doing so leaves the equator unmoved while the further each region is from the equator the more it gets stretched out.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

Given this was hundreds of millions of years ago, Scotland bore no resemblance to the land it is today, instead being located near the equator.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

We didn’t have to worry about very cold regions, because, whether returning from earth orbit or from the moon, our flight path stayed near the equator, where the climate is warm.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins