Which is greater pole or equator?

If you stand at sea level on the equator, you are 6378 km from the center of the earth. In contrast, at each pole, you are only 6357 km from the center of the earth.

Is the earth longer at the equator?

The Earth is widest at its Equator. The distance around the Earth at the Equator, its circumference, is 40,075 kilometers (24,901 miles). The Earth’s diameter is also wider at the Equator, creating a phenomenon called an equatorial bulge.

Are the poles the equator?

An equator is an imaginary circle on the surface of a rotating sphere. The two places where the rotation axis intersects the surface of the sphere are the poles (the North Pole and the South Pole).

Where is G more at poles or at Equator?

The distance from the poles to the centre of the earth is lesser than the distance from the equator to the centre of the earth. Therefore the acceleration due to gravity is greater at the poles than at the equator.

Why the value of g is greater at the pole than at the equator?

It is frequently stated that the value of the acceleration due to gravity at the pole is larger than at the equator because the poles are closer to the center of the earth due to the earth’s oblateness. The measured value is larger because the earth’s density is not uniform but increases toward the center.

Why is the earth bulged at the equator?

An equatorial bulge is a difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of a planet, due to the centrifugal force exerted by the rotation about the body’s axis. A rotating body tends to form an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere.

What is the difference between equator and pole of Earth?

Key Difference: The equator is the point from which the latitude is calculated. In other words, it is the 0° latitude line. A pole consists of two points: North Pole and South Pole. In simple terms, equator is the imaginary circle, which cuts the spherical Earth exactly in the middle, i.e. in two halves.