We all know its round, but who made it so and why not flat.
2007-10-31 19:39:04 · 10 answers · asked by aotea s 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Have you ever seen a pebble worn smooth by the sea or a lake? It will be well rounded. Well, it's similar for the earth... the gravitational pull from the sun has rounded it considerably. Smaller asteroids are still pretty chunky - but if one got caught in orbit, then after a while (and by a while I don't mean a week or two) it would be more rounded too.
Also, if it was flat, humans as we know them would be nonexistant.
(By the way, ever read any Terry Pratchett?)
2007-10-31 19:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by akigeni 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Earth is reasonably flat - from our perspective. :D
Gravity tends to act evenly on the surface assuming that the surface is round. If the world was flat - you would find that the gravitational pull at the edges would be very much less - this might cause a problem - coz they might then start floating off into space. This would occur due to the influence of other gravitational fields - ie: the Moon and the Sun would rip out flat-world apart.
Sorry, Terry - love the books tho' ;)
2007-10-31 20:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by cornflake#1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a very interesting question. Only the physic majors can answer that one correctly. It has something to do with gravity, mass and gravitational forces being exerted on the mass as it spins thru space. Earth is more liquid than solid so it will be more of the round not square or flat.. If it was already solid then it would not be able to be round.
2007-10-31 23:11:05 · answer #3 · answered by SilentDoGood 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ugh, stop trying to sound all smart and whatnot everyone. Earth's not flat because it just isn't. It's been proven scientifically already.
Who made it? I don't know. God. That is if you have religious values. If you don't believe it, then look to science, which already proves that point of the Earth being round and not flat.
2007-10-31 21:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by Blackeye Battery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discworld!
But we know the earth can't be flat because some time back man first circumnavigated the globe and he/she hasn't stopped since... ;-}
2007-10-31 22:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by LK 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Its already round
2007-10-31 19:49:34 · answer #6 · answered by Justin M 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The nature of gravity is to flatten from all sides. This is the rounding effect.
2007-10-31 19:43:03 · answer #7 · answered by eric l 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Since it has no corners
it has to be round
Copernicus said it
Columbus refuse it
2007-11-01 06:59:37 · answer #8 · answered by spyblitz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
obviously, because if it was flat we would all fall off lmao.
=)
2007-11-01 12:51:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
cuz i cant
2007-11-02 04:06:13 · answer #10 · answered by aakruti4u_irock 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋