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While everyone else had mentioned that Mt Everest would barely be a blip when making a round globe, I want to bring up another way the Earth is non-uniform as a
by GauntletWizard 4y ago
While everyone else had mentioned that Mt Everest would barely be a blip when making a round globe, I want to bring up another way the Earth is non-uniform as a sphere: The elipsoid shape, in that Earth is wider around the equator than it is on a north-south axis[1]. That's attributed to the rotation of the earth, and it's about 70,000 feet - Or about 11 miles. Out of a diameter of 8000 miles, I don't think you'd be able to spot the difference in the same 1 meter sphere that people are holding as an example.
It'd make a very cool art project, though.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/earth-round.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/earth-round.html
- kbelder 4y agoThe most oblate planet is Jupiter. Being large, rotating rapidly, and being kind of squishy[1]... it's about 6% wider than it is tall, which is around 9,000 kilometers. Enough to be noticeable to the eye. [1] Ok, squishiness doesn't really factor into it.