THE EARTH IS MASSIVE ENOUGH THAT THE PULL OF GRAVITY MAINTAINS ITS ROUGHLY SPHERICAL SHAPE. MOST OF ITS DEVIATION FROM SPHERICAL STEMS FROM THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCED CAUSE BY ROTATION AROUND ITS NORTH-SOUTH AXIS.
The Earth is massive enough that the pull of gravity maintains its roughly spherical shape. Most of its deviation from spherical stems from the centrifugal force caused by rotation around its north-south axis.
Even though our planet is a sphere, it is not a perfect sphere. Because of the force caused when Earth rotates, the North and South Poles are slightly flat. Earth's rotation, wobbly motion and other forces are making the planet change shape very slowly, but it is still round.
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THE EARTH IS MASSIVE ENOUGH THAT THE PULL OF GRAVITY MAINTAINS ITS ROUGHLY SPHERICAL SHAPE. MOST OF ITS DEVIATION FROM SPHERICAL STEMS FROM THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCED CAUSE BY ROTATION AROUND ITS NORTH-SOUTH AXIS.
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The Earth is massive enough that the pull of gravity maintains its roughly spherical shape. Most of its deviation from spherical stems from the centrifugal force caused by rotation around its north-south axis.
Even though our planet is a sphere, it is not a perfect sphere. Because of the force caused when Earth rotates, the North and South Poles are slightly flat. Earth's rotation, wobbly motion and other forces are making the planet change shape very slowly, but it is still round.
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