@ScorchingStar Well, since you asked so nicely. Did you know that the planet isn't perfectly round? Earth's rotation causes it to bulge at the equator and flatten at the poles. This shape is scientifically referred to as a geoid.
|| I know I take forever to reply and even drop threads. It's not something I intentionally do. Really, I just want the reply to be competent with no errors, and that takes time to piece together.