If you take the distance between the North and South pole and divide it by ten million: voilà, you have a meter!
NB: The circumference of the Earth is ~40k km—this definition of a meter should instead mention the distance from the North or South pole to the Equator.
NB: The circumference of the Earth is ~40k km—this definition of a meter should instead mention the distance from the North or South pole to the Equator.
Woops! Thank you for catching that error