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equatorial bulge
The gross deviation of the earth from a spherical shape due to its rotation. The approximate shape of the earth is an ellipsoid. The equatorial radius is about 7 km greater and the polar radius about 14 km less than the corresponding radius of a sphere with the same volume as the earth.
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- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Weather
- Category: Meteorology
- Company: AMS
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