Not round, not an ellipse: NASA’s gravity-based model reveals Earth’s true geoid shape
A new gravity-based model from NASA is challenging long-held assumptions about Earth's shape, rebranding the planet as a lumpy, non-elliptical geoid.
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A new gravity-based model from NASA is challenging long-held assumptions about Earth's shape, rebranding the planet as a lumpy, non-elliptical geoid.
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