PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square81fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMy favorite type of sphere.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTechnically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSpheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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”.
Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
My favorite type of sphere.
Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
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