Outward bulge around a planet's equator due to its rotation
For the feature on some of Saturn's moons, see equatorial ridge.
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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. A rotating body tends to form an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere.
An equatorialbulge is a difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of a planet, due to the centrifugal force exerted by the rotation about...
an equatorialbulge matching its rotation rate. With 11808 km Saturn is the planet with the largest equatorialbulge in our Solar System. Equatorial bulges...
active features on the surface. The rotation of a star produces an equatorialbulge due to centrifugal force. As stars are not solid bodies, they can also...
at the center of a spiral galaxy Equatorialbulge, a bulge around the equator of a planet due to rotation Tharsis bulge, vast volcanic plateau centered...
gravitational primary body. However, most bodies rotate, which causes an equatorialbulge. This bulge creates a gravitational effect that causes orbits to precess...
caused by the gravitational forces of the Moon and Sun on Earth's equatorialbulge, causing Earth's axis to move with respect to inertial space. Planetary...
is heavily cratered, indicating that it is ancient. The prominent equatorialbulge gives Iapetus a walnut-like appearance. It is not clear how the ridge...
confused with the distance from the center of the Earth. Due to the equatorialbulge, the summits of Mount Everest and Chimborazo have, respectively, the...
Earth's surface is farthest out from Earth's center of mass at its equatorialbulge, the summit of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador (6,384.4 km or 3,967...
being approximately 0.3% shorter than the equatorial radius. Since the Earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the Equator, geodesy represents the...
center than any other location on the Earth's surface, due to the equatorialbulge resulting from the Earth's rotation. The world's highest volcanoes...
System, with a flattening of 0.09796. See planetary flattening and equatorialbulge for details. Enlightenment scientist Isaac Newton, working from Jean...
the difference in gravity at different latitudes is that the Earth's equatorialbulge (itself also caused by centrifugal force from rotation) causes objects...
surface from the Earth's center, due to its location along the planet's equatorialbulge. Chimborazo's height is 6,263 m (20,548 ft), well below that of Mount...
given reference ellipsoid, which is a slightly flattened sphere whose equatorialbulge is caused by the planet's rotation. Generally the geoidal height rises...
orbital mechanics (see orbital altitude). If the impact of Earth's equatorialbulge is not significant for a given application (e.g., interplanetary spaceflight)...
if the satellite passes directly over the pole). Because of Earth's equatorialbulge, an orbit inclined at a slight angle is subject to a torque, which...
(axial precession), due to torque exerted by the Sun on a planet's equatorialbulge. Like Earth, all of the rocky planets show axial precession. If the...
bulging outward at the equator. The gravitational tidal forces of the Moon and Sun apply torque to the equator, attempting to pull the equatorial bulge...
mountains when measured from sea level, however due to the Earth's equatorialbulge this is the farthest point from the Earth's center. Nanda Devi, 7,816...
spherical, as had earlier been presumed, but rather bulges at and near the equator (equatorialbulge). Newton's claim of a 2.5 minutes per day difference...
to mention the defining constants for unambiguous identification. Equatorialbulge Earth radius of curvature Geodetic datum Great ellipse Meridian arc...
the Earth is slightly deformed into an oblate spheroid; a similar equatorialbulge develops for other planets. Another consequence of the rotation of...
mostly to the gravitational effect of the Moon and Sun on Earth's equatorialbulge. Likewise, the ecliptic itself is not fixed. The gravitational perturbations...
extent, Earth's shape is the result of rotation, which causes its equatorialbulge, and the competition of geological processes such as the collision...
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