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No the dominant deformation on earth is that it is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator. This is because of axial momentum and makes the earth an ob
by jordanb 2y ago
No the dominant deformation on earth is that it is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator. This is because of axial momentum and makes the earth an oblate spheroid.
If you stand at sea level at a pole you are much closer to the center of the earth than if you stand at sea level at the equator.