Equator is commonly modeled as a sphere flattened 0.336% along its axis. This makes the Equator 0.16% longer than a meridian (a great circle passing through the two poles). The IUGG standard meridian is, to the nearest millimetre, , one arc-minute of which is , explaining the SI standardization of the nautical mile as , more than less than the geographical mile. The sea-level surface of the Earth (the geoid) is irregular, so the actual length of the Equator is not so easy to determine. "Aviation Week and Space Technology" on 9 October 1961 reported that measurements using the Transit IV-A
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