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The moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfectly flat plane around our planet’s equator.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The robotic explorer is operating near the moon’s equator after a successful touchdown on March 2.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
While Apollo landed near the moon’s equator, Chandrayaan touched down at a latitude of 69 degrees north—well into the moon’s previously unexplored polar regions.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
The video, taken as Blue Ghost descended just north of the moon’s equator within an ancient volcanic basin called Mare Crisium, shows the vehicle steadily making its way down before landing upright on its four legs.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The robotic explorer is operating near the moon’s equator after a successful touchdown on March 2.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
While Apollo landed near the moon’s equator, Chandrayaan touched down at a latitude of 69 degrees north—well into the moon’s previously unexplored polar regions.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
The video, taken as Blue Ghost descended just north of the moon’s equator within an ancient volcanic basin called Mare Crisium, shows the vehicle steadily making its way down before landing upright on its four legs.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equator
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Understanding Squash Vine Borers The adult female moths lay small reddish-brown disc-like eggs (about 1mm in diameter) singly at the base of each plant stem, depositing about 200 eggs during her lifetime.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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Hail up to two inches in diameter would be possible.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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In particular, the mass, radius and orbital period of the innermost detectable planet seems to be a big signpost as to whether a system hosts an Earth-size, temperate planet or not.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The wheelbase was shortened four inches to 110 inches, resulting in an improved turning radius, and the hood line was lowered.—
David Krumboltz,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2025
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The reality may be trickier for others on the sports periphery, including fans or coaches in less prominent sports.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Constrained by societal conventions that historically relegated women’s participation in sport to the periphery, female cricketers persevered.—
Priya Oberoi,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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These structures, the center core and open perimeters, are already built.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equator. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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