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equator  

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  • The equator is the great circle farthest from the north-south spin axis of Earth. The equator is everywhere equidistant from the North and South poles on the surface of Earth, which is a sphere or a reference ellipsoid. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Equator]

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