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-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·15 days agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoMy favorite type of sphere.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·15 days agoSpheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoTechnically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
My favorite type of sphere.
Spheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
Close enough