>Neil de Grasse Tyson says the earth is an "oblate spheroid"
https://youtu.be/SoCKapivHGM?t=55
>"wider at the equator" (2014)
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>Google Image search;
>"actual representation of earth" yields the top 2 images,
>"3d represenation of earth" yields the bottom 2 images.
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Why does NASA still put out perfect spheres? If the earth is not a perfect sphere, then why do they represent it as such?
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Note to jannies; (Not part of the discussion) (This is strictly for jannies to read)
>Jannies you are pathetic for deleting my threads (truly pathetic)
>Stop trying to control the discussion (it only makes you seem like you're trying to hide something)
>If the thread is stupid, no one will reply to it, and it will go to page 11 (this is the basic mechanics of the image-board)
>You don't need to delete it, it will delete itself (again, this is how the board works - without bumps, threads are archived)
>If you keep deleting the thread, it will only embolden me more to consider the earth is not a sphere like NASA implies, nor is it an "oblate spheroid" as Neil de Grasse Tyson implies. (This is your choice to delete threads)
>You force my hand with your impudence. ( discussions that don't conform to your world view are "trolling") (pathetic)