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by vba616 1071 days ago
"No, Earth is not as smooth as a billiard ball! ... The billiard-ball-sized Earth’s smoothness would be equivalent to that of 320-grit sandpaper."

https://ourplnt.com/earth-smooth-billiard-ball/

A comment on the article, though, says "I’d like to point out that Earth is about 3400 times flatter than a regulation pool table...I love saying it – The Earth is flatter than a pool table!"

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