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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·edit-22 days agoAh btw, this is the gravitational form (geoid) of earth: The meters is the height difference of orbit.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoDamn, now I get why cartographers and the like always try to make it prettier in post! Never thought I’d be body shaming the Earth, but here we are 🤷
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoThat is pretty severely exaggerated though to emphasize the form.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoIf the Earth was scaled down to the size of a billiard ball, it would be the smoothest billiard ball in existence.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 hours agoExcept for Howie Mandel’s head, of course.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoLol, but the diff is actually x10000 or something, to make it more visible
minus-squarejustlemmyin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIts the water that makes the world go around
Ah btw, this is the gravitational form (geoid) of earth:
The meters is the height difference of orbit.
Damn, now I get why cartographers and the like always try to make it prettier in post!
Never thought I’d be body shaming the Earth, but here we are 🤷
That is pretty severely exaggerated though to emphasize the form.
If the Earth was scaled down to the size of a billiard ball, it would be the smoothest billiard ball in existence.
Except for Howie Mandel’s head, of course.
Lol, but the diff is actually x10000 or something, to make it more visible
That’s just mean! 😉
Its the water that makes the world
go around