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Flashcards on earth, created by mattmanns on 11/05/2013.
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Diameter 13000km
Shape Oblate spheroid
Rotation period 23 hrs 4 min
distance to sun 150 million km
evidence for earth being spherical -ships disappear over horizon -satellites orbit earth -curvature of earth's shadow during partial lunar eclipse images of earth from space
latitude how far up/down from equator
longitude how far round compared to Greenwich
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