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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    1. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Apr 3

      It’s not magic. It’s science.

      2,006 replies 23,323 retweets 109,793 likes
    2. Svetoslav Alexandrov‏ @Zvezdichko Apr 3
      Replying to @neiltyson

      What is the true shape of the Earth?

      45 replies 4 retweets 124 likes
      Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Apr 3
      Replying to @Zvezdichko

      Chapter 8 of Astrophysics for People in A Hurry: “On Being Round”. http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/buy/books/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry … Now in Bulgarian! (via Iztok-Zapad)

      4:25 AM - 3 Apr 2018
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        2. Serenity | i am a leaf soaring on a solar wind..‏ @Autistic_Mystic Apr 3
          Replying to @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          Audiobook listened to it twice. Awesome book!pic.twitter.com/8vJHl4ZNU9

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        2. Svetoslav Alexandrov‏ @Zvezdichko Apr 3
          Replying to @Dr_AanavYadav @neiltyson

          That's correct. And we have some intriguing data by GOCE:https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/GOCE/Earth_s_gravity_revealed_in_unprecedented_detail …

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        2. Svetoslav Alexandrov‏ @Zvezdichko Apr 3
          Replying to @neiltyson

          This book would be a perfect present for some flat-earther friends of mine :) Maybe they'll read it and realize how foolish they look.

          4 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
        3. Inglorious Fiction‏ @NeonSatoshi Apr 3
          Replying to @Zvezdichko @neiltyson

          Seriously doubt that. They'll be that way until someone literally flies them up in a space ship to see the earth themselves

          2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
        4. Svetoslav Alexandrov‏ @Zvezdichko Apr 3
          Replying to @NeonSatoshi @neiltyson

          Will that be enough? These people are so deluded that even if we send them into space, they may still refuse to believe. Amazingly, they refuse to believe there are satellites into space even though it's very easy to spot the ISS from the Earth.

          3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
        5. Avinash‏ @_CallMeAvinash Apr 3
          Replying to @Zvezdichko @NeonSatoshi @neiltyson

          While in space, Hey it looks round because of the curved glass of space suit, get them out of space suit and let them get look at the roundness of earth and leave them there

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        2. Sarah Ahmadzai‏ @Sarah_Ahmadzai Apr 3
          Replying to @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          "We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us"pic.twitter.com/o7MKGdhfiQ

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. J.G. Urena‏ @JuanGiovanniNY Apr 3
          Replying to @Sarah_Ahmadzai @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          Man in Black : “ make this look good”

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        2. Cas Wegkamp‏ @CasWegkamp Apr 3
          Replying to @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          Real answer: oblate spheroid.

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Sarah Ahmadzai‏ @Sarah_Ahmadzai Apr 3
          Replying to @CasWegkamp @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          Rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis we get an oblate Ellipsoid (spheroid)... The true shape of earth!

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        2. Zelda‏ @REEK_CAKE Apr 9
          Replying to @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          #PearEarth 😂pic.twitter.com/qzI5ODZObO

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Danny Joseph Pike‏ @Daniel_Pike_7 Apr 10
          Replying to @REEK_CAKE @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          You really are this stupid, aren't you? Also, the fact that you trust mythological claims made off of no evidence simply because many different cultures agree on the claim is quite pathetic. And if you can't understand how changes in shape and how movement is felt changes to

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        1. FIRST NATION ⏫ ⏫‏ @FIRSTNATION_76 Apr 3
          Replying to @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

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        1. Gondwana‏ @Axolotl_2018 Apr 3
          Replying to @neiltyson @Zvezdichko

          I think of "On Being Round" whenever I step on the scale.

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