The summit of Chimborazo, a volcano considered potentially active, in central Ecuador, is the farthest from the center of the Earth, finding a 6 000 384. 41 kilometers from the center point, determined an expedition measurement third French Geodesic Mission in Ecuador.
“we can define the distance between the center of the Earth and the summit of Chimborazo, which is 6 million 384 thousand 415.98 meters. the Chimborazo remains the farthest point center of the Earth, “said Jean-Mathieu Nocquet, researcher at the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD), who participated in the mission.
in addition, Nocquet explained that the top of this Ecuadorian volcano is about two farthest from the center of the Earth kilometers Mount Everest which is 382.60 kilometers 6000; however in terms of height above sea level, the Asian mountain is the highest it is 8 000 848 meters, while the Chimborazo is 6 000 268 meters.
“The difference -the second point snowy Huascaran massif, in the center of Peru is more or less than 40 meters, “said Nocquet.
the expedition to the summit of Chimborazo of the Third French Geodesic Mission a scientific cooperation program between France and Ecuador whose first trip back to the first half of the eighteenth century, took place between 2 and 6 February, and involved one dozen scientists from both countries, accompanied by professional guides.
After the day’s climb, the expedition conducted surveying work on February 5, and for two hours the researchers placed on the highest point of the glacier of the summit “a GPS antenna high precision” for receive satellite signals from various countries.
the First French Geodesic Mission in Ecuador took place in 1736, and was led by Louis Godin, Charles-Marie de La Condamine and Pierre Bouguer -members of the Academy Real Science Paris- intended to measure a meridian arc Ecuador level.
More than a century later, in the early twentieth, a second mission served to confirm these measurements and the ethnologist Paul Rivet carried out several investigations in Ecuador.
“As a result of that determination of the shape of the earth know that the points are near the equator are farther from the center of the earth. But there was a value meet the maximum radius of the earth, ie, the greatest distance that may have a point on the surface of the earth with respect to the center of the earth, “said Nocquet
. measure the Chimborazo was “to pay tribute to the first scientists who made these measurements,” he said.
As part of this third geodesic mission, the French embassy in Ecuador organized a dozen events, including early music concerts, scientific exhibitions, film screenings and dinner time.
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