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Planet Earth is not a perfect sphere. Its polar diameter (from pole to pole) differs from equatorial diameter (diameter at the equator). This in turn means that the circumference of the two will also differ. Its dimensions are listed below (dimensions are rounded to the nearest whole mile): Polar Diameter: 7,900 miles (12,714 kilometers) Polar Circumference: 24,860 miles (40,008 kilometers) Equatorial Diameter: 7,927 miles (12,757 kilometers) Equatorial Circumference: 24,902 miles (40,076 kilometers) Earth's total surface is an area that measuring 197,000,000 square miles (09,600,000 square kilometers)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoDepends upon which diameter you are referring to because it has many diameters - mindful of the fact that the earth is not perfectly round and in fact is somewhat oval - with the Poles being somewhat flat - compared to the Equatorial areas. So the diameter measured from Pole to Pole is less than when measured from a point on the Equator to a point on the exact opposite side of the Earth - also on the Equator.
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