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Why is the wrold cricler

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The Earth is massive enough that the pull of gravity maintains its roughly spherical shape.

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Most of its deviation from spherical stems from the centrifugal force caused by rotation around its north-south axis. This force deforms the sphere into an oblate ellipsoid.

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