[FRC Blog] 2014 Game Hint

[smarthimandrew]

Originally Posted by Mr. N

It is almost an exact match for a 50-unit sphere --- almost! In fact, it is off by 4%. You can get an exact match if you assume a prolate spheriod (i.e., a squashed sphere) with major and minor diameters of 50 and 48.3, respectively.

This is interesting because the ratio of earth's diameters is about 1.0032160486.
The ratio of the prolate spheriod's diameters is about 1.03519668737.

Is this close enough to be considered a clue?