PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down18
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minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·1 month agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoMy favorite type of sphere.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoSpheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-up3·1 month agoTechnically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
My favorite type of sphere.
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.
Close enough