jedi1357 commented at 2018-02-14 00:14:40 » #2211648

I would say that oblate spheroids are round.

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Anonymous commented at 2018-02-14 00:18:45 » #2211649

"oblate spheroid" is a noun, not an adjective. "Earth is an oblate spheroid" or "Earth is oblong" would both be correct. In fact, so would "earth is round" as "round" does not necessarily describe a perfect sphere. This has been your Gelbooru Grammar Lesson of the Day. Thank you and good night.

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Mderms commented at 2018-02-14 12:39:33 » #2211765

Technically speaking, a rotating body tends to form an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere. The Earth has an equatorial bulge of 42.77 km (26.58 mi); that is, its diameter measured across the equatorial plane (12,756.27 km (7,926.38 mi)) is 42.77 km more than that measured between the poles (12,713.56 km (7,899.84 mi)).

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Anonymous commented at 2018-03-26 22:56:50 » #2223842

You said "bulge," huh-huh-huh.

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