Since the solid parts of the Earth are ductile, the Earth's equatorial bulge has been decreasing in step with the decrease in the rate of rotation.
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It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0.3 % larger than the radius measured through the poles.
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The unexplained residue seemed to be accounted for by Einstein, but Dicke argued that there might be another explanation, like an equatorial bulge on the Sun.
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Around other axes, there isn't rotational symmetry because of an equatorial bulge caused by the rotation .-- talk ) 17 : 38, 15 May 2009 ( UTC)
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Lunisolar precession is caused by the gravitational forces of the Moon and Sun on Earth's equatorial bulge, causing Earth's axis to move with respect to inertial space.
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Well, the first thing is that the Earth's equatorial bulge ( see Earth radius, figure of the Earth ) would no longer be supported by centrifugal force.
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However, for young, massive stars, the equatorial azimuthal velocity can be quite high up to 200 km / s or more causing a significant amount of equatorial bulge.
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:: Of course, we shouldn't forget that the Earth & ndash; like just about any other rotating astronomical body of appreciable size & ndash; has an equatorial bulge.
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The Tundra and Molniya orbits use a H " 63.4?} } inclination to null the secular perturbation of the argument of perigee caused by the Earth's equatorial bulge.
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Newton later took this finding as evidence for the existence of the equatorial bulge, which would lift the camp farther from the earth's center, and weaken the force of gravity.
