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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Why doesn't NASA use spheroid CGI's instead of curve?
« on: September 10, 2019, 11:11:04 AM »
To answer the titular question;
If you like scientific articles: a simple search returned S. Frank and K. Tauber (2008): On the implicatory notion of an elliptical curve, Elsevier journal (http://bit.do/S-Frank-and-K-Tauber-2008-on-the-implicatory-notion-of-an-elliptical-curve).
TL;DR a curve is like a bend.
An oblate spheroid is indeed like the shape in the image, but with a much, much smaller semi-axis oblateness.
If you like scientific articles: a simple search returned S. Frank and K. Tauber (2008): On the implicatory notion of an elliptical curve, Elsevier journal (http://bit.do/S-Frank-and-K-Tauber-2008-on-the-implicatory-notion-of-an-elliptical-curve).
TL;DR a curve is like a bend.
An oblate spheroid is indeed like the shape in the image, but with a much, much smaller semi-axis oblateness.