Fast-rotating planets exhibit oblate spheroid deformations due to centrifugal forces
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.
The claim is a well-established consequence of gravitational and rotational mechanics in astrophysics and planetary science. The retrieved literature directly discusses centrifugal flattening, deformations, and oblate spheroidal geometries in rapidly rotating planets and stars.
H. Dhouib, V. Prat, T. Van Reeth, S. Mathis. The traditional approximation of rotation for rapidly rotating stars and planets. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141152
Discusses centrifugal deformation and the generalized traditional approximation of rotation for rapidly rotating stars and planets.
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Dali Kong, Wenbo Li. The onset of thermal inertial convection in a rapidly rotating oblate spheroidal liquid core. 2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1656
Examines fluid bodies in rapidly rotating systems while explicitly accounting for the flattening effect and geometric shape changes caused by centrifugal forces.
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