On April 6, according to foreign media reports, if a tape measure long enough is used to measure from the center of the earth, is the highest peak on the earth still Mount Everest? The answer is no. If measured this way, the tallest mountain on Earth should be in the other hemisphere: Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. It is well known that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, however, there are some peaks that can also be considered the highest on Earth, depending on how we measure it. In order for measurement data to be comparable, we must have an agreed-upon baseline. In geodesy, the geoid is regarded as the physical and mathematical properties of the earth; among various elevation systems, the orthometric system commonly known as elevation is based on the geoid. And the reason why Ecuador’s Chimborazo is the furthest from the center of the earth is that the equatorial region where Ecuador is located protrudes outward because the earth’s two levels are squeezed. The Earth is not a perfect sphere, but an ellipsoid with a bulge at the equator. In fact, most planets and moons are not perfect spheres, so what’s the reason for that? The answer is: centrifugal force. That is, the apparent outward force on which an object rotates. Centrifugal force is alive.
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