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从地球的中心最远的点

2014 - 11 - 12 - t12:24:57z

乍一看,这似乎是一个简单的问题,“地球上的最高点”。然而,我也知道地球不是完全圆的。所以“最高点”可能是在一个相对的山谷。

Also, because it's non-spherical, the "center" may not be easily obvious either. So, I'm curious if there are different answers based on different definitions of "center" (such as geographic center versus center of mass).

So, what is the point on the Earth's surface farthest from the center of the Earth? Is this different based on different definitions of "center"?

答案由DavePhD最远的点从地球的中心

2014 - 11 - 12 - t12:57:02z

< a href = " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo " rel = " noreferrer " > < / >钦博拉索山,海拔6268米,在赤道的1.5度。 更具体地说,< a href = " http://geodesy.geology.ohio-state.edu/course/refpapers/Earth99.pdf " rel = " noreferrer " >根据Milbert博士,首席测量技师NOAA,国家大地测量和Shum博士,大地科学,测量、俄亥俄州立大学。< / >: 地球质心的距离,只有+ / - 2米的不确定性: 太。钦博拉索- 6384.459公里 太。Huascaran - 6384.372公里 太。科多帕希火山- 6384.062公里 太。乞力马扎罗—— 6383.955公里

答案由马特·霍尔从地球的中心最远的点

2014 - 11 - 12 - t16:00:12z

的< a href = " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo " rel = " noreferrer " >钦博拉索,厄瓜多尔< / >,但只是击败< a href = " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huascar%C3%A1n " rel = " noreferrer " > Huascaran,秘鲁< / >,小于50米。都是在2公里比珠穆朗玛峰更高。

I made a plot of some mountains — height above centre of the earth vs absolute latitude. You can download the IPython Notebook source code here. Warning: v. hacky.

I can't find anything on the position of the centre of the earth. The formula I used for the latitude-dependent radius requires major (equatorial) and minor (polar) radii, but I don't have citations for them either. Argus in his article Defining the translational velocity of the reference frame of Earth gave some numbers for its temporal variance, but I have no idea how this might affect these mountain heights.

Last thing: Apparently, the floor of the Arctic Ocean is the closest point on the surface to the Earth's center (about 6353 km, 30 km 'below' Chimborazo), if you call the bottom of the sea the 'surface'.