# Why is everything spherical?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everything-spherical/265137 "2004-09-20T14:37:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everything-spherical/265137/21 "2004-09-21T13:22:49Z")

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> [@Polycarp](#):
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> Well, only about 6000 mile diameter – the 25000 mile figure is the circumference.

Egad– **Poly** has discovered a new value of pi!

The highest mountain and the deepest ocean trench differ in elevation by about 12 miles, or 0.15% of the 8,000 mile diameter of the Earth.

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