@[email protected] to Science [email protected]English • 7 days agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1935cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1935imageTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.world@[email protected] to Science [email protected]English • 7 days agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•6 days agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•6 days agoSpheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 days agoNot true. For instance, a humanoid is specifically something that is not human, but human-like. An oval is not a circle, but maybe it’s a “circloid”.
minus-squareJolteonlinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 days agoTechnically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
Spheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
Not true. For instance, a humanoid is specifically something that is not human, but human-like. An oval is not a circle, but maybe it’s a “circloid”.
Close enough
My favorite type of sphere.
Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.