YOU might think of the earth as a ball, but it is not a perfect sphere. It is a little squashed at the poles and widest at the centre. Mathematicians would call this shape an oblate spheroid.
What's more, the earth has four corners (where the surface of the earth bulges a little): in Ireland, the oceans near Peru, South Africa and New Guinea.
bigsiteofamazingfacts.com; answerbag.com
Earth is not a perfect sphere
YOU might think of the earth as a ball, but it is not a perfect sphere. It is a little squashed at the poles and widest at the centre. Mathematicians would call this shape an oblate spheroid.
What's more, the earth has four corners (where the surface of the earth bulges a little): in Ireland, the oceans near Peru, South Africa and New Guinea.
bigsiteofamazingfacts.com; answerbag.com
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