Astronomy Archives - Fact https://fact.co.za/category/astronomy/ Interesting facts about all sorts of stuff Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:39:27 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Fun fact #1 – The true shape of Earth https://fact.co.za/fun-fact-1-the-true-shape-of-earth/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:39:27 +0000 https://fact.co.za/?p=23 When you think about the shape of the Earth, you are probably imagining something similar to a perfect round ball, but in actual fact the Earth’s shape is closer to an ellipsoid than a sphere. It is mainly because as the Earth spins, gravity is pressing the Earth, similar to someone sitting on a soccer […]

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]]> When you think about the shape of the Earth, you are probably imagining something similar to a perfect round ball, but in actual fact the Earth’s shape is closer to an ellipsoid than a sphere. It is mainly because as the Earth spins, gravity is pressing the Earth, similar to someone sitting on a soccer ball. Thus gravity causes that the Earth starts flatten at the poles and bulges at the equator making it an ellipsoid.

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