equator

• According to Jim, the equator was a highly likely location for geothermal activity, due to rotational and tidal stresses on Brimstone's crust. —  Asimov's Science Fiction [2001.04]
• Some 55 km above the Venusian surface, the temperature at the equator is a pleasant 29ºC (80ºF)—and the ambient pressure is about half a terrestrial atmosphere (Table 1). —  AnalogSFF,December2006
• We know that the velocity of the surface of the earth is greatest at the equator, as at that place the circumference of the earth is about 25,000 miles, but the further we get away from the equator, and the nearer we get to the North and South poles, the velocity of the surface decreases, simply because the circumference of the earth decreases Or, to reverse the statement, the velocity of the surface of the earth is least at the poles, but increases the nearer we get to the equator. —  Aether and Gravitation
• At this time o' the year Barbados is about on the thermal equator--half-way between the trades. —  "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
• At high noon on the equator, the temperature reached a sweltering 180° absolute; it became somewhat chillier toward the poles H_{2}O was, anywhere on the planet, a whitish, crystalline mineral suitable for building material. —  Unwise Child

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