<P> An equator is the intersection of the surface of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) with the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and midway between its poles . On Earth, the Equator is an imaginary line on the surface, equidistant from the North and South Poles, dividing the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres . It is about 40,075 kilometres (24,901 mi) long, of which 78.7% lies across water and 21.3% over land . </P> <P> The latitude of the Earth's equator is, by definition, 0 ° (zero degrees) of arc . The Equator is one of the five notable circles of latitude on Earth; the other four are the two Polar Circles (the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle) and the two Tropical Circles (the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn). The Equator is the only line of latitude which is also a great circle--that is, one whose plane passes through the center of the globe . The plane of Earth's equator, when projected outwards to the celestial sphere, defines the celestial equator . </P>

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