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It's actually an oblate spheroid. It's surface is an approximate ellipsoid, though.
by argiopetech 3y ago
It's actually an oblate spheroid. It's surface is an approximate ellipsoid, though.
- fragmede 3y agowell, as long as we're being nitpicky, you want "its surface" (the surface belonging to it), not "it's surface" (it is surface).
- argiopetech 3y agoYou're right. I can't believe I missed that. The error was the phone's, but I didn't catch it. I double checked all the apostrophes this time.
- coffeedan 3y agoBut I’ll bet the Earth is closer to a sphere than this thing.
- argiopetech 3y agoYes, its oblateness is on the order of 40 miles difference between diameter at the poles and the equator. Not very oblate, but no perfect sphere.