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12. not true. Earth is not egg-shaped.

Reply to nolabels (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 10:02 PM

Dec 2013

the 'equivalent sea-level' figure of the Earth differs less than
200 meters (usually less than 50m) at all points,
from a mathematical ellipsoid-of-revolution.
both poles are equally squashed-in.

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