Ellipsoid surface area
The Endeavour 2014-07-06
Summary:
How much difference does the earth’s equatorial bulge make in its surface area? To first approximation, the earth is a sphere. The next step in sophistication is to model the earth as an ellipsoid. The surface area of an ellipsoid with semi-axes a ≥ b ≥ c is where and The functions E and F […]