Definition:Earth/Shape/First Approximation
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Definition
To a first approximation, the shape of Earth can be considered to be spherical.
Sources
- 1976: W.M. Smart: Textbook on Spherical Astronomy (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text I$. Spherical Trigonometry: $4$. Terrestrial latitude and longitude.