PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1942arrow-down18
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minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·6 days agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 days agoSpheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoMy favorite type of sphere.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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.