equator

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The atmosphere provides almost no oxygen, and while temperatures can reach 70°F, that’s only at the equator, at noon, in summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

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

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

It rises from regions near the equator toward the poles before sinking deep inside the Sun and moving back toward the equator.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025

A row of spindly legs extended from its equator.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan