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Approximately spherical, but because of the speed of their rotation, there is certain 'oblateness' - a little flattening of the shape on the poles. The shape that results is often called a 'geoid'.
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∙ 14y agoThe general consensus is that the heavenly bodies are spheres.
However, the sun is basically a big ol' ball of gas and as such has no stable, measurable surface. The earth, and most other solid planets, is a squashed sphere... closer to a oblate spheroid. The gas giants are also not perfect spheres due to their rotation.
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What is your third planet out from the sun?
SOLAR SYSTEM: Sun - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn, Uranus... and so on
Describe Earth's location relative to other planets?
The earth orbits the sun between the planets Venus and Mars. The other five planets are farther out than Mars. The closest earth gets to Venus is 23.7 million miles. The closest earth gets to Mars is 36.4 million miles.
Describe two ways earth is like the other planets in our solar system?
it is a planet and it has a similar shape like the rest of the planets.
Where is Venus in the Solar System compared to the Earth?
In the solar system, Earth is the third planet from the sun. Venus is the second planet from the sun. The distance between Venus and the Earth varies as both the planets orbit the sun. For example, the closest the two planets are to each other as they are orbiting is about 42 million kilometres, yet the furthest away these two planets are from each other is about 258 million kilometres.
Why don't planets attract each other?
because gravity and inertia are kinda of playing a game of tug a war but both sides are equal so they do not move
What shape of a sun and earth and other planets?
sphere
The Sun the earth and remaining planets are roughly in shape?
the sun earth and the remaining planets are roughly spherical in shape.
What shape are sun earth and other planets?
They would be considered as 'spherical' celestial bodies. round
Does the earth and other planets revolve around the sun?
yes, the earth and other planets revolve around the sun
The suns gravitational pull causes the earth and other planets to the sun?
All the planets in the solar system are kept in orbit by the gravitational pull of the sun. The effect of the other planets and other bodies in the solar system is to change the shape of the orbits slightly but the sun is what keeps them in orbit around the sun.
How important is the sun to earth and the other planets?
we would die if the sun burned out. so yes it is important to earth and the other planets
What shape are The Sun - the Earth - and Mars?
The Sun and its planets are all basically spheres. The earth is an 'oblate sphere' - that it, it is flattened at the poles.
What has to do with the sun?
earth and all the other planets
About the distance of the earth from the sun its size shape age inclimation density and other properties?
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun&Display=Facts
What are Earth and the other planets closest to the sun are made mostly of?
Earth and the other planets are mostly made of rock.
What are Earth and the other planets closest to the sun are made mostly?
Earth and the other planets are mostly made of rock.
Name of the orbit around the sun?
The SHAPE of the orbit the Earth and most planets and other bodies of mass in space are usually elliptical.
