PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science MemesEnglish · 7 天前THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1941arrow-down18cross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1933arrow-down1imageTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Science MemesEnglish · 7 天前message-square86fedilinkcross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.world
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·6 天前Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 天前Spheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 天前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”.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 天前Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
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”.
Close enough
My favorite type of sphere.
Technically it’s a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.