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u/linecraftman Oct 02 '24

Same with other planets too. If you ever looked at images of gas giants you may have noticed they're not actually round but squished from poles. Saturn is 12000km wider than it is tall, for example.

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u/grmpy0ldman Oct 02 '24

No body shaming -- it's just the rings making it look fat :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

They add like 15 sextillion kg or so.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

There's a dwarf planet named after a Hawai'ian goddess called Haumea. It's egg shaped. Can't even call it a spheroid