EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Earth is widest at its Equator. The distance around Earth at the Equator, its circumference, is 40, 075 kilometers (24, 901 miles). Earth’s diameter is also wider at the Equator, creating a phenomenon called an equatorial bulge.

Detailed explanation-2: -The equatorial circumference of Earth is about 24, 901 miles which in total accounts for 40, 075 kilometers. However, if it is measured from pole-to-pole the meridional circumference comes out to be 24, 860 miles which account for 40, 008 kilometers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The circumference of the Earth varies depending on the length of its diameter at the equator and the poles. It is about 40, 075 km around the equator and about 40, 008 km from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Detailed explanation-4: -(Inside Science)–Earth might look like a sphere, but it’s actually an “oblate spheroid”–the planet is slightly squished, making the circumference of the equator bigger than the circumference through the poles.