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Noun Concept
Categories: Planets, Topography, Geodesy
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equatorial bulge  bulge  Bulge of the Earth  Earth's equatorial bulge  Earth's flattening
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An equatorial bulge is a difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of a planet, due to the centrifugal force exerted by the rotation about the body's axis. Wikipedia
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An equatorial bulge is a difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of a planet, due to the centrifugal force exerted by the rotation about the body's axis. Wikipedia
A bulge around the equator of a planet due to rotation Wikipedia Disambiguation
outward bulge around a planet's equator due to its rotation Wikidata
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equatorial bulge
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Equatorial bulge
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bulge (Earth), Bulge of the Earth, Earth's equatorial bulge, Earth's flattening, the Earth's equatorial bulge

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