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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frog@feddit.uk 2 months agoI was curious since mass would seem lopsided. I guess not enough. Thanks for answering.
deltapi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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.
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.