PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1759arrow-down16
arrow-up1753arrow-down1imageTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoOf course it’s not spherical, it’s wider at the equator and lumpy
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoUnless you go in an advanced metrology laboratory, or look at Jupiter with a telescope, it’s the most spherical object you will ever see.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoJupiter is quite more flattened than Earth due to how fast it spins and it being made mostly of gas. If you want spherical, look at Venus… or, even better, the Sun (not directly, though, of course; use some kind of filter or reflector).
Of course it’s not spherical, it’s wider at the equator and lumpy
Unless you go in an advanced metrology laboratory, or look at Jupiter with a telescope, it’s the most spherical object you will ever see.
Jupiter is quite more flattened than Earth due to how fast it spins and it being made mostly of gas.
If you want spherical, look at Venus… or, even better, the Sun (not directly, though, of course; use some kind of filter or reflector).