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In the north we weigh more than the south. Colder temps mean eating more and more depression and in the south the heat burns off the calories and everyone is really really happy. However this is the scientific bit. People who live on the equator are possibly like yourself. Being in the middle there is less movement so are mediocre and have to think up silly questions like this.
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Apparently, yes, but not much less: "Amazingly, you would experience less gravity at Earth’s equator. An object's gravitational pull on another object depends upon both objects' masses and their mutual distance. Earth has a bulge at the equator created by the planet’s rotation and a moving body’s tendency to continue in a straight line. (Sometimes this is misleadingly called "centrifugal force", but it's really just Newton’s laws of motion.) The planet's spare tire creates an uneven gravitational field. While standing at the equator you are further away from the bulk of Earth’s mass than at the poles, so the planet exerts less pull on you. But don’t quit your diet and move to Brazil: an object at the equator weighs a mere 0.5 percent less than at the poles—less than a pound for anyone under 200 pounds." http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/061008_equator_gravity.html One more source: http://www.einsteinyear.org/facts/physicsFacts/ "You weigh less if you stand at the equator than if you stood at the north pole. This is because the equator is actually further away from the centre of the earth, so the force of gravity is less." By the way, I don't think this is a silly question. I think it is very interesting! I learned something! :)
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Yes you do weigh less at the equator. More info: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51559
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