[HN Gopher] Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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       Measuring the Shape of the Earth
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-02-27 18:29 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | Pinus wrote:
       | "Map showing the triangulation across the Andes, 1744.
       | Bibliotheque nationale de France." Fancy, I didn't know that
       | Sangis, Tornea and Kemi were in the Andes! :-)
        
       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | One of my favorite questions is:
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       | "What point on Earth is the farthest from the Earth's center?"
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       | If it's being asked at all, you know it's probably not Everest,
       | and indeed it's not:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summits_farthest_from_the_Eart...
        
       | 0_____0 wrote:
       | And on top of all this, there are tidal forces to consider. I
       | asked an astrophysicist relative how much a point on the Earth at
       | its equator might rise and fall with every rotation, and he
       | reckoned a few meters at least IIRC.
        
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