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Re:Track Europe's falling, 2,000-pound satellite in real-time by shawnz on Saturday November 09, 2013 @06:18PM (#6704007)
The earth is not spherical. The diameter of the earth through the equator is more than the diameter through the poles, because of its angular velocity. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth
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