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Re: Pear shaped Earth
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Oct 2, 16:28 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Oct 2, 16:28 +1000
David Weilacher wrote: > Can anyone give me a numerical representation of the shape of earth? I'm > thinking something like the length of a line of latitude for each 10 degrees > north and south of the equator. I'm told that Meridional Distances do indicate this: 10 d lat 597.11 20 1194.58 30 1792.72 40 2391.75 50 2991.82 60 3592.91 70 4194.91 80 4797.59 90 5400.63 so, if I've understood correctly, a degree at 10d of lat.is 59.71 nm, and a degree at 90d of lat. is 60.007 nm.
