Comment on xkcd #3132: Coastline Similarity

• frog@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was curious since mass would seem lopsided. I guess not enough. Thanks for answering.

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  • WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The crust of the earth is relatively thinner than the skin of an apple from my understanding. So I wouldn’t expect anything happening on the crust to have a huge impact on that kind of behavior. Granted, even small changes could be noticable.

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    • frog@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a great point. When it comes to the Earth’s mass, the surface is barely a factor.

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  • deltapi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My layman’s understanding is that the water mostly makes up for it, and that more wobble comes from the moon than any inconsistency in land-mass distribution

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