====== Earth ====== Earth is a oblate spheroid with a mean radius of 6371 km. Its equatorial radius is 6378 km and polar radius 6357 km, the two vary by only 21 km. {{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/EpicEarth-Globespin-tilt-23.4.gif/768px-EpicEarth-Globespin-tilt-23.4.gif?nolink&400}}