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Squashed Planet [1]

The planet Saturn looks noticeably squashed in this Hubble Space Telescope image. The planet's fast rotation causes it to bulge outward at the equator, so it is about 10 percent bigger through the equator than through the poles. [NASA/Hubble Heritage Team]

Moon and Saturn
Hubble Space Telescope views shows the oblateness of Saturn
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