2006-06-23 07:13:00 · 8 answers · asked by deen b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
well, its not exactly round, its spherical. but yeah, since you can only see it from one side at a time, if you saw it from space it would appear round. kinda like how the sun appears to us. it looks like its moving, but its not, WE ARE. lol.
2006-06-23 07:16:57 · answer #1 · answered by hellion210 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the earth is largest at the equator due to centrifugal force. It spins so fast that the middle starts to spin out away from the core to keep up with the poles spinning. So this would suggest a near oval shape, however, the north pole is smaller in diameter than the south pole. There are many theory's as to why this is. One suggests that during the formation of the earth something large, maybe another planet in it's early stages came along and struck the northern pole of our earth, the debris from this hit may have turned into our moon. So the earth is sort of shaped like a pear, although not as sever a shape, from close up it would still look like a prefect sphere.
2006-06-23 15:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by MED_SCHOOL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The #1 wrong answer is that Earth is a sphere. EARTH IS NOT A SPHERE. The earth is not perfectly round, like a ball or a marble. The earth is a bit fatter at the equator. The true shape of Earth is an Oblate Spheroid, which means that it is ALMOST a sphere, but not quite.
2006-06-23 14:19:56 · answer #3 · answered by Cap'n Eridani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Earth is round. People who say it is not a perfect sphere are technically correct, but being overly picky. The diameter of the Earth is 12,756 km at the equator and 12,714 km from pole to pole. The ratio of those two numbers is 1.0033. The rules of billiards say the balls must be 2.25 inches in diameter, +- 0.005 inches, so any given diameter could be as large as 2.255 or as small as 2.245. The ratio of those numbers is 1.0045, so as spheres go, billiard balls are less perfect than the Earth!
2006-06-23 14:28:29 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is an ellipsoid, slightly flattened at the poles due to its rotational vs gravitational pressures and, to a lesser extent, tidal pressures from the moon and sun. This "flattening" is so small compared to the general shape of the planet, though, that when viewing it from a distance, Earth looks very much spherical.
2006-06-23 14:16:37 · answer #5 · answered by stellarfirefly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is not a perfect sphere. The technical term for the Earth's shape is "oblate spheroid." Our planet has its largest circumference at the equator and its smallest at the poles.
2006-06-23 16:34:51 · answer #6 · answered by nardhelain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not round
2006-06-23 15:05:57 · answer #7 · answered by LOT of Questions 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to me it looks like round only but scientists tel that it is in spherical
2006-06-23 14:17:22 · answer #8 · answered by dew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋