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From the NASA site: "The diameter of Earth from North Pole to South Pole is 7,899.83 miles (12,713.54 kilometers), but through the equator it is 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 kilometers). This difference, 26.58 miles (42.78 kilometers), is only 1/298 the diameter of Earth." Thus the earth is 25 miles or 42.78 km wider than it is tall, giving it a slight bulge at the equator. This is only 0.3%, too small to be seen visually.

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Is the earth 13000 kilometers in diameter?

The diameter of the earth at the equator is 12,756.32 kilometers or 7,926.41 miles. The diameter of the earth through the poles is 12,715.43 kilometers or 7,901.00 miles. Thus the earth is 41 km or 25 miles wider than it is tall, giving it a slight bulge at the equator. This shape is known as an ellipsoid or more properly, geoid (earth-like).


How many meters around the world?

The circumference of the Earth at the Equator is 40,075.02 kilometres, or 40,075,020 meters.


What is the size relationship between earth and moon?

The Earth has a diameter of 12742km on average. It is a slightly squashed sphere though, due to its spin pushing out at the equator. Its polar diameter is 12714km, while its diameter at the equator is 12756km. The diameter of the moon is 3474km.


How was the earth measured?

earth is measured by miles and the map is measured by inches.!


How does the diameter of the earth compare to the highest and lowest elevation on earth?

The diameter of the earth at the equator is 12,756.32 kilometers or 7,926.41 miles. The highest elevation on Earth is the Mount Everest of the Himalaya with an official height 8.850 km, or 5499.135 miles. The deepest part of the world's oceans is the Mariana Trench (or Mariana's Trench), and the deepest location on the surface of the Earth's crust. It has a maximum depth of about 11.000 km, or 6.85 miles. If the equator diameter of 12,756.000 km is 100 percent, and 127.650 km is 1 percent, then 8.850 km of the mountain top is 0.06933 percent of the diameter of the Earth. If the equator diameter of 12,756 km is 100 percent, and 127.65 km is 1 percent, then 11.000 km of the Mariana Trench is 0.08617 percent of the diameter of the Earth.

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How many times larger is the suns diameter than the earth diameter?

Earth's diameter at the equator is 12,756.1 kilometers or 7,926.28 miles. Sun's diameter at the equator is 1.392 million kilometers or 864,900 miles. The diameter of the Sun is 109 times larger than the diameter of the Earth.


The diameter of earth is greatest at the?

The diameter of the Earth is greatest at the equator, measuring approximately 12,742 kilometers (7,918 miles). This is due to the Earth's rotation causing a bulging effect around the equator, resulting in a slightly larger diameter compared to the distance between the Earth's surface through the poles.


How many miles is the earth's diameter at the equator?

The diameter of the earth at the equator is about 25,000 miles, or about 40,000 kilometers


What is earth's diameter and circumference?

7926 miles and 12760 km. Thats Pretty long.


Does Jupiter have a larger equatorial diameter or polar diameter?

Jupiter spins so much faster than Earth, for instance, that its gassy state results in bulging out at the equator. The equatorial diameter is larger than the polar diameter.


What is the circumference and diameter of Earth?

The diameter of Earth at its equator is 12,756 km and its circumference is about 40,075 km.


How many times bigger is the sun than Jupiter?

Earth's diameter at the equator is 12,756.1 kilometers or 7,926.28 miles. Sun's diameter at the equator is 1.392 million kilometers or 864,900 miles. The diameter of the Sun is 109 times larger than the diameter of the Earth.


What is measured to determine the diameter of the earth?

~ Circumference: 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 kilometers) - at the equator 24,859.82 miles (40,008 kilometers) - through the poles ~ Diameter: 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 kilometers) - at the equator 7,901 miles (12,715.43 kilometers) - through the poles


What is the kms diameter of the earth?

The diameter of the Earth at the Equator is 12756.2 km The Polar diameter is slightly less - 12713.6 km


What is the diameter of the earth in km if you measure by time zones?

The circumference of the Earth at the equator is about 40,075 km. There are 24 time zones, so the average width at the equator for each is about 1,669.8 km. Each time zone is 15 degrees wide. The diameter of a 15 degree arc 1,669.8 km long is 1,669.8 * 15 / pi which is about 7,972.7 km. The Earth is not a sphere, and the diameter measured through the North and South poles is different, but measuring the Earth's diameter through the poles using time zones is not valid question.


Real life examples of diameter?

the equator is an invisible diameter around the Earth.


What is the diameter of the world globe?

The diameter of the Earth, when measured as a globe, is approximately 12,742 kilometers (7,918 miles). However, because the Earth is not a perfect sphere but an oblate spheroid, its equatorial diameter is slightly larger than its polar diameter, which is about 12,714 kilometers (7,900 miles).