PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1887arrow-down18
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minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoOf course it’s not spherical, it’s wider at the equator and lumpy
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoUnless you go in an advanced metrology laboratory, or look at Jupiter with a telescope, it’s the most spherical object you will ever see.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoJupiter is quite more flattened than Earth due to how fast it spins and it being made mostly of gas. If you want spherical, look at Venus… or, even better, the Sun (not directly, though, of course; use some kind of filter or reflector).
Of course it’s not spherical, it’s wider at the equator and lumpy
Unless you go in an advanced metrology laboratory, or look at Jupiter with a telescope, it’s the most spherical object you will ever see.
Jupiter is quite more flattened than Earth due to how fast it spins and it being made mostly of gas.
If you want spherical, look at Venus… or, even better, the Sun (not directly, though, of course; use some kind of filter or reflector).