For most intents and purposes, it's a sphere.
Technically an Oblate Spheriod, because it's slightly thicker around the equator than it is at the poles. But it's really not by much. The equatorial radius is 6378 km, and the polar radius is 6357 km. A 0.3% difference. So like, it's more spherical than a lot of things we consider to be spheres, like a typical orange, for example.
But *technically* it's not even an oblate spheroid, because it's not perfectly smooth. It's thicker on the continents, especially at mountain rangers, and it's thinner in the oceans, etc. So the term for the *actual* shape of the earth is the Geoid. But at this point we're talking about fractions of percents off of the oblate spheroid.
"None of the above" would technically be the correct answer. Assuming we're just talking about the surface, and not counting the atmosphere, the Earth would be *close* to a Sphere or Oblate Spheroid, but would still not be. Too many mountains and valleys make the world too rough for either to be entirely true.
Contrary to your belief, earth is quite smooth when compared with other hard planets like mars. The reason being the highs and lows are not much when compared to the grand scale of earth.
Indeed, but still, one cannot simply call a hectogon (a polygon with 100 sides) a "circle" just because it looks to be close enough, and the 176.40° angles wouldn't really affect anything, compared to a circle. I feel that the same logic would apply to spheres.
None of the above. Earth has no shape because Earth doesn't exist. r/Noearthsociety
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For most intents and purposes, it's a sphere. Technically an Oblate Spheriod, because it's slightly thicker around the equator than it is at the poles. But it's really not by much. The equatorial radius is 6378 km, and the polar radius is 6357 km. A 0.3% difference. So like, it's more spherical than a lot of things we consider to be spheres, like a typical orange, for example. But *technically* it's not even an oblate spheroid, because it's not perfectly smooth. It's thicker on the continents, especially at mountain rangers, and it's thinner in the oceans, etc. So the term for the *actual* shape of the earth is the Geoid. But at this point we're talking about fractions of percents off of the oblate spheroid.
Everyone knows it's a flat disc carried by four elephants and a turtle. Terry wouldn't lie to us.
Everyone was talking about the flat earthers but nobody noticed dinosaur earth
It's Earth shaped
No wonder everytime an earthquake happens, I hear T-Rex Roars erupt in the skies
Mobius strip
its shaped like a noodle
And thats how we know the earth is banana shaped
Flat, but keep believing that it's round.
Ellipsoid due to the gravitational influence of the Moon.
A fucking triangle :)
None, it's a rough rock shape.
"None of the above" would technically be the correct answer. Assuming we're just talking about the surface, and not counting the atmosphere, the Earth would be *close* to a Sphere or Oblate Spheroid, but would still not be. Too many mountains and valleys make the world too rough for either to be entirely true.
Contrary to your belief, earth is quite smooth when compared with other hard planets like mars. The reason being the highs and lows are not much when compared to the grand scale of earth.
Indeed, but still, one cannot simply call a hectogon (a polygon with 100 sides) a "circle" just because it looks to be close enough, and the 176.40° angles wouldn't really affect anything, compared to a circle. I feel that the same logic would apply to spheres.
"Oblate Spheroid" big name good intelligent
A dick
Technically one could be correct by putting oblate spheroid or sphere. All others are incorrect. Obviously dinosaur is a joke one.
I once read a novel about ants. They believed that the Earth is a giant cube.
It’s flat.
I love the possibility of a donut planet with a moon that sling shots itself through the center of the donut hole.
Dinosaur 🦕