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What facts would be true about standing anywhere on the equator?

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Here are some starting with the simple. <br /> <br />Ignoring refraction of light in the air. <br /> <br /> You would have 12 hours day and 12 hours night every day. <br /> <br /> The star pole positions would always be on the horizon. <br /> <br /> The Sun is directly overhead at noon on the first day of spring and the first day of fall. <br /> <br />The acceleration of gravity (the rate bodies fall) is on average least at the Equator. <br /> <br />The Equator is farther from the center of the earth because the earth is elliptical. <br /> <br />There is no Coriolis force on ocean or air currents. <br /> <br /> Equator seasons http://vrd.askvrd.org/services/answerschema.xml


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