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    Undergrad How our Moon and Sun may affect Earth's equatorial bulge

    the equatorial bulge of a planet is affected by the planet's rotation and viscoelasticity of the sphere. Venus's rotation period is 244 days with an equatorial bulge of 0%. Earth's and Mars's rotations are almost identical at 1 day and 1.03 days, yet Mars's equatorial bulge is 6% vs Earth's 3%...