Fast-rotating planets exhibit oblate spheroid deformations due to centrifugal forces
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Fast-rotating planets experience significant centrifugal forces that lead to flattening at the poles and bulging at the equator, resulting in an oblate spheroid shape.
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The traditional approximation of rotation for rapidly rotating stars and planets
2021 · cited by 15
Discusses centrifugal deformation and the generalized traditional approximation of rotation for rapidly rotating stars and planets.
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The onset of thermal inertial convection in a rapidly rotating oblate spheroidal liquid core
2023 · cited by 0
Examines fluid bodies in rapidly rotating systems while explicitly accounting for the flattening effect and geometric shape changes caused by centrifugal forces.