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New ball bearings are still likely significantly smoother than the earth. Old worn out ball bearings might be rougher.
After doing a bit of digging it looks like Earth would be comparable to a 1 inch grade 1000 ball bearing.
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God damn ball bearings get down to some crazy high tolerances.
I'm happy I dig some digging into it.
Edit: Grade 1000 is a really low grade ball bearing, thought I should clarify that.