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11-29-2007, 09:20 PM
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Originally posted by Half-time Orange:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Meitheisman:
<BLOCKQUOTE>40,075.16 km for you Meitheisman
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Was a bit off on the North/South pole one though </BLOCKQUOTE>
:thup: to the Equator.
You forgot to half the circumference for the Pole-Pole question though.
Surprisingly the difference in circumferences isn't that big:
Equator = 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)
Longitude= 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km) </BLOCKQUOTE>
Wouldn't that mean that the Earth is almost a perfect sphere if the Equator and Longitude were so close in distance? I don't get this
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11-29-2007, 09:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Meitheisman:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Half-time Orange:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Meitheisman:
<BLOCKQUOTE>40,075.16 km for you Meitheisman
| Damn I nailed it!
Was a bit off on the North/South pole one though </BLOCKQUOTE>
:thup: to the Equator.
You forgot to half the circumference for the Pole-Pole question though.
Surprisingly the difference in circumferences isn't that big:
Equator = 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)
Longitude= 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km) </BLOCKQUOTE>
Wouldn't that mean that the Earth is almost a perfect sphere if the Equator and Longitude were so close in distance? I don't get this </BLOCKQUOTE>
It surprised me too - here's my source: Earth Facts | |
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11-29-2007, 09:27 PM
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An Explanation from the same source as above.
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11-29-2007, 10:01 PM
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"The radius of the earth measured from the center of the earth to either pole is 3949.917 miles or 6356.775 kilometers, so its polar circumference is 24,818.06 miles or 39,940.80 kilometers." This gives a slightly different number, but both circumferences are still way closer than I would have ever thought
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11-29-2007, 10:06 PM
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Total Premiership attendance from any year. :thup:
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11-29-2007, 10:08 PM
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11-29-2007, 10:12 PM
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Originally posted by Meitheisman:
"The radius of the earth measured from the center of the earth to either pole is 3949.917 miles or 6356.775 kilometers, so its polar circumference is 24,818.06 miles or 39,940.80 kilometers."
This gives a slightly different number, but both circumferences are still way closer than I would have ever thought
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11-29-2007, 10:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Half-time Orange:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Meitheisman:
"The radius of the earth measured from the center of the earth to either pole is 3949.917 miles or 6356.775 kilometers, so its polar circumference is 24,818.06 miles or 39,940.80 kilometers."
This gives a slightly different number, but both circumferences are still way closer than I would have ever thought
| Interesting :thup: </BLOCKQUOTE>
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