2007-06-14 05:28:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
earth's not really round
it has many valleys n high peaks
they're not seen from the space and earth looks round because earth's diameter's 12756 km n it's very large compared to the heights n depths of several mountains n valleys.
also earth's slightly flat at d poles .
2007-06-14 05:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Almost, but it's not a perfect sphere. It is slightly flat at the poles, and bulges a little around the equator. This is due to centrifugal stresses.
2007-06-14 12:38:07 · answer #2 · answered by nealo d 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Earth is not perfectly round, but it's close to it.
2007-06-14 12:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Invisble 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is technically an "oblate spheroid". It bulges slightly at the equator due to its rotation.
2007-06-14 12:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by JLynes 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. It's actually kind 'pear-shaped' with the Southern hemisphere being a bit larger than the Northern. By a 'bit', we're talking only 20 or 30 miles âº
Doug
2007-06-14 12:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ignoring the twit that answered first...
No, it is not "round"
It is ovate, bulging at the equator, and flatened at the poles.
2007-06-14 13:17:34 · answer #6 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not perfectly round but it is spherical.
Still some people seem to think it is flat--->http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm
2007-06-14 12:35:12 · answer #7 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. It's an oblate spheroid: equator bulges, poles are flattened.
2007-06-14 20:15:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.its actual shape is ovoid,it is flattened at the poles and bulged and the equator due to its extremely fast rotation speed.
2007-06-14 12:32:36 · answer #9 · answered by Shy Lad 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
come on now, everyone knows that the earth is really flat. come on do they not teach that anymore?
2007-06-14 12:36:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋