Earth's True Shape Revealed

[Xue Sheng]

This post got me thinking

So I went and found this

Image of the Day: Earth's True Shape Revealed for 1st Time

GOCE Geoid

 

[Sukerkin]

Oh my! Not such a perfect blue-white marble in the black after all :lol:.

 

[arnisador]

It's not even a true oblate spheroid!

 

[shesulsa]

oblate spheroid!

Bless you! :uhyeah:

 

[GrandmasterP]

I met a spheroid oblate once, fat guy training to become a monk.