• Question: why is the earth round]

    Asked by MinaD to Vicky F, Rebekah T, minyap, Martin M, Ben D, Alessio S on 20 Mar 2025.
    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 20 Mar 2025:


      Earth isn’t exactly round… it is a little squashed north to south compared to east to west. It is this shape as it’s the shape that you would expect a rotating body to take if that body was grown from time pebbles colliding with each other.

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