Question

Briefly explain the shape of earth

Answer 1

Explanation:

Since the Earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the Equator, geodesy represents the figure of the Earth as an oblate spheroid. The oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.

Answer 2

The earth is not a perfect sphere.It bulges slightly at the center and is flattened at the poles.In the olden days the earth was considered to be a flat disc with steep edges.Aryabhatta the 5th century Indian astronomer and mathematician believed in the round shape of the earth.He said that the earth was spherical in shape and rotated on its axis.In the 6th century Greek philosopher Pythagoras said the same thing.Today we have convincing evidence that the earth is in spherical shape.