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The Earth Isn't Perfectly Round - It's 'Oblate', Here's Why

While it has been affirmed that Earth is spherical in nature, it may also appear to be perfectly round. This isn't as noticeable as it should, but Earth is actually slightly flattened. ....

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Why isn't Earth perfectly round?

A spinning planet is subject to centrifugal force, which causes its equator to bulge at the sides. ....

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Bad Astronomy | An astronomer has come up with a way to use the entire Earth as a telescope: The Terrascope


A lens bends the path light takes (this is called
refraction), so that a photon that would otherwise miss your camera gets directed into it. Again with a rain analogy: A raindrop that falls a meter away from you misses you, but if you could deflect (refract!) the path of that drop a little bit while it s still up high, it ll be aimed right at you, and you get wet.
In the case of the Terrascope, the lens is actually Earth s atmosphere. When light moves from one medium to another (like air to water, or space to air), its path bends a little bit. The amount it bends depends on the angle it enters and the stuff (what we usually call the ....

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