Valeriepieris circle

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A Valeriepieris circle ( VAL-ə-ree-PY-rəs) is a figure drawn on the Earth's surface such that the majority of the human population lives within its interior. The concept was originally popularized by a map posted on Reddit in 2013, made by an American ESL teacher named Ken Myers, whose username on the site gave the figure its name. Myers's original circle covers only about 10% of the Earth's total surface area, with a radius of around 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles), centered in the South China Sea and covers more than half of Asia, including some of the world's most populous countries. The map became a popular meme, and was featured in numerous internet media outlets. Myers's original map uses the Winkel tripel projection, which means that his circle, not having been adjusted to the projection, does not correspond to a circle on the surface of a sphere. In 2015, Singaporean professor Danny Quah verified Myers's original claim, as well as presenting a new, considerably smaller circle centered...

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