Comments on: Ten things you don’t know about the Earth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:37:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: La Tierra es más suave que una bola de billar « RSS2Blogs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/comment-page-8/#comment-224984 La Tierra es más suave que una bola de billar « RSS2Blogs Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/#comment-224984 [...] billar, aunque conviene matizar que la Tierra no es tan redonda como lo suelen ser éstas. Fuente: Ten things you don’t know about the Earth, vía Ciencia [...] [...] billar, aunque conviene matizar que la Tierra no es tan redonda como lo suelen ser éstas. Fuente: Ten things you don’t know about the Earth, vía Ciencia [...]

]]> By: Lluís http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/comment-page-8/#comment-224931 Lluís Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:04:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/#comment-224931 But if 42,6km of difference between the maximum and minimum diameter makes the Earth not round enough, that would mean that a billiard ball of 6cm of mean diameter would have to have a maxium difference of around 0,2mm between its maximum and minimum diameter. Is that level of acuracy even possible? (I'm not assuming anything, I really don't know) But if 42,6km of difference between the maximum and minimum diameter makes the Earth not round enough, that would mean that a billiard ball of 6cm of mean diameter would have to have a maxium difference of around 0,2mm between its maximum and minimum diameter.

Is that level of acuracy even possible? (I’m not assuming anything, I really don’t know)

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]]> By: JPAdamsjr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/comment-page-8/#comment-224744 JPAdamsjr Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:21:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/#comment-224744 Phil, great article! I really did enjoy your passage - especially with all the humor. However, I MUST note that I find it very interesting when scientists explain how GOD created our planet. All the details were left out in Genesis, so I look to explanations such as yours. Although, I'm well aware that scientists don't half believe the Bible. Most scientists believe this world is all coincidence - I find that being extremely naive, but that's just me and millions of other Christians around the planet. Anyway, again....great stuff! Phil, great article! I really did enjoy your passage – especially with all the humor. However, I MUST note that I find it very interesting when scientists explain how GOD created our planet. All the details were left out in Genesis, so I look to explanations such as yours. Although, I’m well aware that scientists don’t half believe the Bible. Most scientists believe this world is all coincidence – I find that being extremely naive, but that’s just me and millions of other Christians around the planet. Anyway, again….great stuff!

]]> By: tov http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/comment-page-8/#comment-221229 tov Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:05:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/#comment-221229 i wish they would teach this in school, highschool stinks. i wish they would teach this in school, highschool stinks.

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