equator
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So, polar regions are squished, while the bits near the equator are stretched.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
To keep those angles correct on a flat map, Mercator had to stretch the grid lines wider as they moved away from the equator toward the poles.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
This date marks the September equinox, when the Sun is positioned directly above Earth's equator and the lengths of day and night are close to equal across much of the planet.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Temperature variations and anomalies in countries close to the equator are typically smaller than in temperate climates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
At night the temperature is bitter cold, as much as two hundred degrees below zero, but at noontime near the equator it can reach a comfortable sixty-five degrees.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
Unlike hot Jupiters, which can orbit their stars at almost any tilt, warm Jupiters are almost always aligned with their stars' equators.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
He said it's mathematically feasible that these waves could also be the reason warm Jupiters align so closely with their host stars' equators.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
Standard formation theories posit that when planets are born, their equators are pointed toward the star and their poles point straight out of the disk that surrounds them.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2019
And science has finally come up with an explanation for what comes naturally to most home cooks: Eggs crack best around their equators, says MIT mechanical engineer Pedro Reis, because of their geometry.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2012
Together they shared the secret language of pericynthion altitudes and orbital planes and lunar equators.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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