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... major axis , or f = ( a - b ) / a . For the Earth , the semi - major axis and semi - minor axis differ about 21 kilometres ( 13 miles ) and the flattening is about one part in 300. The departures of the geoid from the best fitting ...
... major axis , or f = ( a - b ) / a . For the Earth , the semi - major axis and semi - minor axis differ about 21 kilometres ( 13 miles ) and the flattening is about one part in 300. The departures of the geoid from the best fitting ...
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... major axis and for the flattening , 1 / 311.5 ( more modern values are 6,378,160 metres [ 20 , - 920,365 feet ] and 1 / 298.25 ) , which made the metre 0.02 percent " too short " from the intended definition . The length of the semi - major ...
... major axis and for the flattening , 1 / 311.5 ( more modern values are 6,378,160 metres [ 20 , - 920,365 feet ] and 1 / 298.25 ) , which made the metre 0.02 percent " too short " from the intended definition . The length of the semi - major ...
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... major constituent in their tissues . Some carbon is also concentrated in the production of calcium carbonate skeletons . A great deal of the carbon in the Earth's crust is therefore concentrated by organisms and preserved in their ...
... major constituent in their tissues . Some carbon is also concentrated in the production of calcium carbonate skeletons . A great deal of the carbon in the Earth's crust is therefore concentrated by organisms and preserved in their ...
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