The large ones, bigger than say 400 kilometers in radius, are round because the amount of mass present produces such a strong gravitational field that most substances such as rock become very plastic. But, if the planet is too close to its sun, or if a satellite is too close to its parent planet, the shapes can be very out-of-round due to tidal effects. The above image is of the asteroid Vesta taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It has a diameter of 525 kilometers and at this size you can see that large objects already have a noticeably round shape to them. The telescope photographed the asteroid while it was rotating and above you can see four of the views from the 'movie'
The large ones, bigger than say 400 kilometers in radius, are round because the amount of mass present produces such a strong gravitational field that most substances such as rock become very plastic. But, if the planet is too close to its sun, or if a satellite is too close to its parent planet, the shapes can be very out-of-round due to tidal effects.
The above image is of the asteroid Vesta taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It has a diameter of 525 kilometers and at this size you can see that large objects already have a noticeably round shape to them. The telescope photographed the asteroid while it was rotating and above you can see four of the views from the 'movie'
No Mars is not because it has craters all the way round it.
Edit: It also has high mountains. Even if it was smooth it's still not a perfect
sphere although it's quite close to being a sphere.
No. they are slightly smoother at the top ;
The planets that are closer to the sun can come in slightly different shapes but the planets far away from the sun are round.
no there not
because of the gravity of the other planets around them
Yes. While not considered planets, dwarf planets are still massive enough to be rounded by their gravity.
there gravity pulls them into round balls.
So they can get some light.
The circumference of a planet is the distance round their widest part. On earth, it is measured round the equator.
PLANETS ARE ROUND AND START WITH P SO THE ANSWER IS PLANETS ( i think )
because of the gravity of the other planets around them
Yes. All the stars are round and all the planets are round.
Yes. All the stars are round and all the planets are round.
Moons orbit planets Or rather moons and planets orbit their barycenter.
They are a round shape.
round
No.
The planet Mars is round in shape. All of the planets in our solar system are orbits. The gravitational pull of the sun has formed the planets to be around.
Yes. While not considered planets, dwarf planets are still massive enough to be rounded by their gravity.
1. round the sun. 2. round its own axis.
there gravity pulls them into round balls.