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TERRESTRIAL EQUATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2006-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planets
  • Astronomy
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Cartography
DEF

The great circle on the Earth's surface that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles and whose plane is perpendicular to the Earth's axis of rotation, that divides the Earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres, and that is the line from which latitudes are reckoned, its own latitude being everywhere zero degrees.

OBS

It is the largest of the parallels of latitude, having a length on the Earth's surface of 40,075.76 km ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planètes
  • Astronomie
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Cartographie
DEF

Grand cercle d'une sphère dont le plan est perpendiculaire à la ligne des pôles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planetas
  • Astronomía
  • Geografía matemática
  • Cartografía
DEF

Círculo máximo de la esfera celeste [...].

CONT

En razón del achatamiento del globo terrestre, el ecuador es el mayor de todos los círculos máximos del planeta. El ecuador terrestre sirve de fundamento para definir las coordenadas geográficas: la latitud y la longitud.

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