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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 months agoAh btw, this is the gravitational form (geoid) of earth: The meters is the height difference of orbit.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months 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-up9·3 months agoThat is pretty severely exaggerated though to emphasize the form.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoLol, but the diff is actually x10000 or something, to make it more visible
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThat’s just mean! 😉
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months 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-up2·3 months agoExcept for Howie Mandel’s head, of course.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThis is not to scale. If it was you would see a perfect fucking sphere cause it’s that damn small of an image.
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.
Lol, but the diff is actually x10000 or something, to make it more visible
That’s just mean! 😉
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.
This is not to scale. If it was you would see a perfect fucking sphere cause it’s that damn small of an image.