equator

Instead, they wobbled along the equator before fizzling out.

相反，它们一直在赤道附近摇晃，直到消失。

At these times of the year, the sun appears to be directly over Earth’s equator, and the lengths of the day and the night are equal over most of the planet.

在一年里这两个时间点上，太阳出现在赤道的正上方，并且在地球上绝大多数地方，白天与夜间的长度是相同的。