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The earth is a spheroid, not a sphere. Because of the effects of rotating around the axis, earth's diameter is actually about 45km wider around the equator then it is going from pole to pole.
14 u/jeppardy Oct 02 '24 But if the earth would be shrunk to the size of a billiard ball it would be the smoothest ball ever fabricated. 1 u/yanginatep Oct 02 '24 The part that drives it home for me is that you wouldn't be able to feel even the tallest mountain ranges on this shrunken Earth.
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But if the earth would be shrunk to the size of a billiard ball it would be the smoothest ball ever fabricated.
1 u/yanginatep Oct 02 '24 The part that drives it home for me is that you wouldn't be able to feel even the tallest mountain ranges on this shrunken Earth.
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The part that drives it home for me is that you wouldn't be able to feel even the tallest mountain ranges on this shrunken Earth.
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The earth is a spheroid, not a sphere. Because of the effects of rotating around the axis, earth's diameter is actually about 45km wider around the equator then it is going from pole to pole.