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Why is the Earth not perfectly round?

In fact, most planets and moons are not perfectly round; they are often distorted in one way or another.Typically, a planet spinning will experience the effects of centrifugal force. We ...

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Why is the Earth’s core slowing down?

The solid inner core of the Earth is covered by an outer layer composed of liquid. This allows the solid core to rotate at a different speed than the rotation ...