A new measurement carried out with GPS by the expedition of the Third French Geodetic Mission in Ecuador formed by Ecuadorian and French scientists, has concluded that the top of the Chimborazo volcano (Ecuador) is now the point furthest from the center of the Earth (or aka closest to the Sun) and not Mount Everest.
Measures
Only 2 kilometers separate one measurement from another , but they have been enough for this Ecuadorian volcano to usurp the throne of the point furthest from the center of the Earth, due to the differences in the diameter of the planet in these two continental locations. New data from a high-precision GPS antenna (with a margin of error of + -10 centimeters) that receives signals from satellites from various countries have given this result:
Mount Everest: 6,382 kilometers
Chimborazo Volcano: 6,384 kilometers and 415.98 meters
The expedition has thus confirmed data from previous research that already took for granted this change in the ranking with respect to these giants of nature. Despite everything, Everest is still the highest mountain above sea level (8,848 meters away), since Chimborazo is at 6,268 meters.
The Chimborazo volcano, located in central Ecuador, is considered potentially active , although its last known eruption could date from around 550 AD.
