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Calling an asteroid a stone, while technically true, is akin to calling the planet it struck a rock-covered ball bearing.
I mean, the planet is likely smoother than a lot of ball bearings
The highest point and the lowest point aren't very far deviated. Less than 6 miles up and less than 6 miles down. Basically a little less than 0.001% deviation.
Edit: After doing a bit of digging it looks like Earth would be comparable to a 1 inch grade 1000 ball bearing. Grade 1000 are not remotely close to the highest grade, in fact it's one of the lowest grades of ball bearings.
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God damn ball bearings get down to some crazy tolerances at the really high grades.
I'm happy I dig some digging into it.
New ball bearings are still likely significantly smoother than the earth. Old worn out ball bearings might be rougher.
After doing a bit of digging it looks like Earth would be comparable to a 1 inch grade 1000 ball bearing.
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God damn ball bearings get down to some crazy high tolerances.
I'm happy I dig some digging into it.
Edit: Grade 1000 is a really low grade ball bearing, thought I should clarify that.