If you were to squash down a sphere until it was flat, half way though it would be an oval shape that bulges in the middle. This shape is called an oblate spheroid.
The momentum Earth’s rotation causes it to bulge ever so slightly at the equator (oversimplification) meaning that it is an oblate spheroid instead of a sphere.
So the answer is somewhere in the middle, the “where” just happens to be much closer to one end than the other.
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![The truth is in the middle [OC]](https://preview.redd.it/yn40ubvdw4zb1.png?auto=webp&s=2df57b965a319f4030ecf5d216a989897cc5fcd7 "The truth is in the middle [OC]")
If you were to squash down a sphere until it was flat, half way though it would be an oval shape that bulges in the middle. This shape is called an oblate spheroid.
The momentum Earth’s rotation causes it to bulge ever so slightly at the equator (oversimplification) meaning that it is an oblate spheroid instead of a sphere.
So the answer is somewhere in the middle, the “where” just happens to be much closer to one end than the other.
According to my calculus, a sphere is just a series of linked, infinitely smaller flat squares.
The earth is an oblate spheroid.
Imagine 500+ Flat Earthers come together and take every possible flight and collect data.
“wait, we can fly from everywhere to everywhere? how is that possible?”
but they even struggle to present a map that can’t be busted within 1 second of having a look 😀
No not on Reddit too🤦
No-brainer eArTh is frikkin hilarious
Looks like a character from cuphead
That’s a lot of nuts! -Kung Pow-
We should not entertain the ideas of stupid people.