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 05/25/2007 08:08:12 PM · #101
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
And I think Columbus actually thought the world was pear shaped.

Finally, Columbus was right about something (other than his voyages making the King of Spain rich)!

The Earth is an oblate spheroid, and I believe the latest satellite data indicates that one pole is farther from the Equator than the other.


Well not really Pear shaped. Oblate spheroid is closer to Oval/egg shaped(well, an egg on it's side, anyway.). A pear is more thin at the top and fat at the bottom.

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