PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoSpheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoTechnically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoMy favorite type of sphere.
Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
Close enough
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”.
Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
My favorite type of sphere.