Why is the equator called the equator, that year I simply thought that the equator is called the equator because the equator is red, red is red, red is red, really because the equator is red, so it is called the equator.
I didn't expect that the equator was called the equator because the equator was red.
No, the meaning map is misplaced
We know that the earth has longitude and latitude, the equator is a relatively special latitude and longitude, the equator is very hot, in ancient China the use of armillary spheres to observe, draw astrological maps, on the astrological chart, is to use red lines to represent the celestial equator
And Japan, which is deeply influenced by China, also uses the equator to describe, of course, it does not mean that the equator is red, but China uses red to mark the equator, you see the English department uses equalator to represent the equator, and red has nothing to do with it.