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Several planets are flattened at the poles.
That just means the distance between the poles is less than diameter of the planet at the equator.
Saturn is the most extreme example in our solar system, followed by Jupiter.
Even the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles.
Astronomers call this "oblateness".
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What planet has flattened poles because it rotates so quickly?
Jupiter
Why is the planet Saturn flattened?
Saturn's rotation causes its oblate shape. During rotation, Saturn is flattened at the poles and bulges in the middle. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest in the solar system.
What are the white patches at the poles of Mars?
The white patches at the poles of Mars are the planet's permanent polar ice caps. Like Earth, Mars has ice at its poles.
What two ways does Jupiter's rapid rotation affect the planet?
Jupiter's rapid rotation affects the planet by making it wider at the equator than at the poles. It also affects it by giving the planet its cloud bands.
How often does the sequence of day and night repeat?
It depends where you are on the planet. For most of the planet the day-night sequence is repeated every 24 hours. However at the poles the day night sequence is repeated only once every year.
What planet has flattened poles because it rotates so quickly?
Jupiter
The planet that is the most flattened by its spin?
The rapid rotation of Saturn flattens it at the poles by about 10%, making it the most oblate planet.
What is the shape of planet Saturn?
It is like sphere, but "flattened" at the poles. So the diameter at the equator is about 10% more than the diameter between the poles.
Jupiters size in killometers is what?
Being a gaseous planet, Jupiter is flattened at the poles and bulges at its equator. Its mean radius is 69,900 km.
The earth is slightly bulged at the poles?
No, flattened.
Which best describes earths exact shape Slightly flattened at both equator and poles bulging at equator and polesflattened at equator and slightly bulging at poles flattened at poles and slightly by?
it is a mushed 3d sphere
What kind of sphere is slightly flattened at the poles?
earth
What best describes earth shape?
slightly flattened at the poles and slightly bulging at the equator
What Is Earths Position?
The circumference of the Earth at the equator is about 24,901 miles, or 40,075 km. Earth is not a sphere, but is "flattened" at the poles. or oblate spheroid.
Jupiter's furious rate of spin causes what to happen?
Jupiter's rapid rotation rate causes its equator to bulge out and its poles to be flattened. It looks a bit like a squashed ball; the planet is seven percent larger at the equator than at the poles.
Is planet earth round?
It is a near-perfect sphere; slightly flattened at the poles and slightly bulging at the equator.
Is the earth slightly bulged at the poles?
The Earth is slightly flattened at the poles and bulged at the equator ... exactly what you get when you spin a ball of pizza dough.
