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Equator

The equator is a major line of latitude located at 0 degrees latitude. It divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

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Approximately what degrees north of the equator is this parallel?

Please provide the name of the parallel you are referring to for me to determine its specific degrees north of the equator.

What is the absolute location of The Tropic of Capricorn?

The Tropic of Capricorn is located at approximately 23.5 degrees south latitude. It passes through countries such as Brazil, Australia, and Namibia.

How many miles is it from Illinois to the equator?

That question is dependent upon which direction you want to begin traveling from. I can promise you there is a significant difference

All of Australia is what of the equator?

All of Australia lies in the Southern Hemisphere, with the majority of the country positioned below the equator.

Each half of earth is called?

Each half of the earth is called a hemisphere. These are divisions of Earth's sphere that follow longitudinal and latitudinal lines to divide the earth into two parts. Earth can either be divided into to northern and southern hemispheres or eastern and western hemispheres.

The temperature along the equator tends to be?

The temperature is usually hotter closer to the equator.

Define equator zone latitude and longitude?

The equator is an imaginary line around the Earth's middle, at 0 degrees latitude. It divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The equator does not have a longitude, as it is a line of reference only for latitude.

What does the equator divide?

The equator is an imaginary line that divides the world into two halves.

It is also the boundary between north and south, each half is called a "hemisphere", one half being called the northern hemisphere, and the other half being called the southern hemisphere.

Is it warm or Cool near the equator?

0-500m above the sea level, most certainly warm but the higher you go the cooler the climate gets

Is equator a proper noun?

The noun 'equator' is a common noun as a general word for any circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two equal symmetrical parts.

The noun 'equator' when used as 'the Equator', the specific imaginary line encircling the Earth equidistant from the poles can be capitalized as a proper noun but it is not mandatory. In most sentences using the term 'the equator' it is treated as a common noun, for example: We will cross the equator on our cruise.

What also divides the earth into hemispheres?

You can imagine an enormous knife, cutting the Earth into two pieces. Whenever the center of the Earth is on the cut, the pieces are equal, and they're both hemispheres.

If you cut through the equator, then you have the northern and southern hemispheres.

If you cut through the Prime Meridian, then you have the eastern and western ones..

If you cut any other way, then you have a couple of hemispheres that are not of much use to anyone, since they have no relationship to the Earth's rotation, and those don't have names.

What is equated credits?

Equated credits are figured on the basis of the number of class (contact) hours per week.They are figured in determining minimum course load and full-time status. Equated credits do not count in figuring your index or toward the total credits required for your degree.

What is the measurement of the equator?

The equator has a circumference of approximately 24,901 miles (40,075 kilometers).

Does the tropic of Capricorn pass through Australia?

The most well known Australian city on the Tropic of Capricorn is Rockhampton, on the central Queensland coast.

Alice Springs (in the center of Australia) is close, at just under 29 km or 17 miles south of the line.

How fast is a person standing on the equator moving?

They are both moving at the same angular speed: 360 degrees per 24 hrs, roughly. That's one complete rotation in a standard 24 hr day.

But...a big BUT...the gent at the pole (either one) has no...no...tangential speed. Which is found from V = Wr = W R cos(LAT) where W is the angular speed and r = R cos(LAT) is the axis of rotation. R is the radius of the planet Earth, roughly 6400 km. And LAT (0 to 90 deg) is the latitude where the person is standing (LAT = 90 is the N. pole for example).

So at the N. pole, we find that V = Wr = (2*pi())/24)6400cos(radians(90)) = 0 because at LAT = 90 deg the rotation axis r = 0. NOTE: 2pi() is a math equivalent to 360 degrees.

But at the equator, we have V = ((2*pi())/24)6400cos(radians(0)) = 1666 km/hr at LAT = 0 deg because the rotation axis is equal to the Earth's radius of about 6400 km. ANS.

Why is the equator called equator?

The equator is called equator because it divides the Earth into equal halves – the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The name is derived from the Latin word "aequator" which means "one who equalizes".

Is the antarctic circle north south of the equator?

The Antarctic Circle is located south of the equator. It marks the southernmost point where the sun is visible on the winter solstice.

Is Queensland north of the equator?

No, Queensland (Australia) is south of the equator.