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Since earth is not round but elliptical in shape, it's diameter at equator is 12,756km and it's diameter at poles is 12,712km.
I suppose it would depend on which object you are discussing as to what the major, minor and interim diameters are. In an elliptical orbit with a variable apogee (greatest distance from point of orbit)or variable plane (on which the satellite) orbits the major diameter would be where the orbit reaches its greatest distance from the gravity well and the minor diameter where it is closest to the gravity well. This center of gravity may or may not be near the center of the orbit (such as with comets), such that the actual diameter of the orbit may be as much as, or nearly so, 1/2 the major diameter. In a non-planar or variable plane orbit the effect of the gravitational field (or multiple gravity wells) may vary with the change in plane thus creating multiple orbits of various different diameters, the greatest being the major diameter. Such that, a circle drawn from the center of gravity with a radius described by the apogee of the satellite will scribe the major diameter. If talking about an ellipse on a flat plane, the major diameter is the most distant point from the center scribing a circle around the center, or twice the major radius from the center to the apogee. If talking about a spheroidal shape (such as the Earth) the major diameter is the plane at which the greatest diameter occurs. As in the Earth this plane is the equator.
The diameter of Earth is roughly 12,742 kilometers (7,918 miles) at the equator. This means that if you were to measure straight through the center of the Earth from one point on the surface to another, the distance would be approximately 12,742 kilometers.
The average distance from Earth's surface at the equator its center is about 6378 km. The distance from near the north and south poles to the center is somewhat less.
The distance between the North and South Poles through the Earth's axis is approximately 12,742 kilometers (about 7,918 miles). This distance represents the Earth's diameter, as it spans directly through the planet's center along the axis of rotation.
The distance from one side of a circle to the other going through the center is called the Diameter, the distance from any side to the center (half the diameter) is called the radius.
The distance around a circle is the circumference. The diameter of a circle is the distance across the center of a circle.
Because the radius is the distance from one side to the center, and the diameter is the direct distance from one side to the other through the center.
The radius is the distance from the center to the outside. The diameter is the distance from the outside to the outside, passing through the center - in other words, twice the radius.
The diameter
It is called the Diameter.
Diameter.
The diameter
No, the diameter is the distance across a circle passing through its center. The distance around a circle is called the circumference.
No, neither. The radius is the distance from the center point of a circle to its edge. The diameter is the distance from one edge to the other that passes through the center point. The diameter is therefore twice the radius.
The distance from side to side through the center of the Earth is called the diameter. The Earth's diameter is 12,742 kilometers.
The circumference is the distance AROUND a circle. The diameter is the distance ACROSS a circle. The radius is the the distance FROM THE CENTER of the circle (same thing as one-half of the diameter).