Solved cryptogram
Earth is not quite a sphere. It bulges at the equator, so you weigh a little less standing there.
Earth Science Facts, sourced to NASA.
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What it means
Spinning flattens a planet, and Earth is about forty three kilometers wider through the equator than from pole to pole. Two things follow. You stand farther from the center at the equator, which weakens gravity slightly, and the spin itself throws you outward a touch. Together they make a person around half a percent lighter on a scale in Ecuador than at the North Pole.
The claim comes from NASA.
- SourceNASA
- CollectionEarth Science Facts
- Difficultymedium
- Length76 letters, 18 unique
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