PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 天前THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1941arrow-down18
arrow-up1933arrow-down1imageTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 天前message-square86fedilink
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·4 天前Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 天前Spheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 天前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”.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 天前Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
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”.
My favorite type of sphere.
Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.