how far apart are the poles
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Poles are far apart 24,812 miles.
Step-by-step explanation:
- The radius of Earth at the equator is 3,963 miles (6,378 kilometers), according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, Earth is not quite a sphere. The planet's rotation causes it to bulge at the equator. Earth's polar radius is 3,949 miles (6,356 km) — a difference of 14 miles (22 km).
- Using those measurements, the equatorial circumference of Earth is about 24,900 miles (40,070 km). However, from pole-to-pole — the meridional circumference —Earth is only 24,812 miles (39,931 km) around. This shape, caused by the flattening at the poles, is called an oblate spheroid.
- The diameter is of course, twice the radius. So the polar diameter is 7,898 miles.
- And the meridional circumference (the distance around the world going over the poles) as stated is 24,812 miles.
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