PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down18
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minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·2 months agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMy favorite type of sphere.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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