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s equatorial bulge is that the highest point on Earth... s equatorial bulge has been decreasing in step with the decrease in the rate of rotation... in the case of a planet with an equatorial bulge due to rotation... in the case of a planet with an equatorial bulge due to rotation... in the case of a planet with an equatorial bulge due to rotation... will have an equatorial bulge matching its rotation rate... is the planet with the largest equatorial bulge in our solar system... The following is a table of the equatorial bulge of some major celestial bodies of our solar system...

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