▲ 504 ▼ Achievements in maths (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago by PugJesus@piefed.social [M] to c/historymemes@piefed.social 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) An approximate hemisphere of land permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Not even close. The American continents are approximately the same size as the Atlantic Ocean. The Pacific actually contains it's own antipodal point: it is literally half the globe: a hemisphere. Or to put it another way. The Americas span approximately five time zones. That's 75°, let's be generous and say six to get a nice even 90°. That's one quarter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago Also to add on to that, the americas make up about 28% of earth's land mass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) Not even close. The American continents are approximately the same size as the Atlantic Ocean. The Pacific actually contains it's own antipodal point: it is literally half the globe: a hemisphere. Or to put it another way. The Americas span approximately five time zones. That's 75°, let's be generous and say six to get a nice even 90°. That's one quarter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago Also to add on to that, the americas make up about 28% of earth's land mass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago Also to add on to that, the americas make up about 28% of earth's land mass. permalink fedilink source parent
