A French Geodesic Mission was determined that the Ecuadorian volcano Chimborazo , of 6268 meters and is 6 384 kilometers away from land center is the farthest from the center of the Earth point.
This confirmation broke the historical mark of Mount Everest , the top of the planet that has two kilometers less than the Chimborazo with respect to the distance separating it from the center of the planet.
Following the results of the Third Geodesic Mission to Ecuador released this week, the Chimborazo is the subject of several digital and printed publications in the world.
“We already knew that the points are near the equator are farther from the center of the Earth, but there was a value which was measured distance largest since the center, “said Jean Mathieu Nocquet , the French Research Institute for Development (IRD).
with the challenge of reaching this goal, last February a group of expeditionary French and Ecuadorian climbed Chimborazo, the highest mountain in Ecuador, and placed at their summit a set of Global positioning (GPS) high precision, which through a antenna 60 centimeters long receives the signal from 15 satellites from different countries.
“to obtain accurate data, leave the GPS for two hours, and then process the that stored during that time “
said Mathiew Perrault, the Geophysical Institute (IG). This new calculation also confirmed that the Chimborazo is the closest point to the Sun , with 40 meter lead in this classification of the summit of Mount Huascaran , in Peru, which would be the second farthest point.
El País of Spain developed a infographic to compare the height Chimborazo and Everest. A text states that the second elevation is the highest above sea level, but the Chimborazo it is about the center of the Earth. In four points, this journalistic work explains the reasons for this difference.
The use of GPS, which has a margin of Error more about 10 centimeters, in 2001 won him three meters at Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, which went from be 4 807-4 810.4 meters, according to this system.
Meanwhile, Everest was also measured with the GPS system, and although officially has 8,848 meters, according to this other process is a little lower, with 8 846.4 meters, the report said the Country of Spain.
the Earth has more radius in Ecuador than at the poles, which plays in favor of Chimborazo in its dispute honorific with Everest.
through social networks as Twitter and Facebook this information is published under the title the Chimborazo volcano detracts Everest a record.
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