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IT is known that the ellipticity1 of an Earth in hydrostatic equilibrium (3.3632 ± 0.006) × 10−3 is greater than that of the actual Earth (3.3535 + 0.0003) × 10−3 derived from high-precision satellite observations2.
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EGYED, L. Ellipticity, Viscosity and Expansion of the Earth. Nature 207, 847 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207847a0
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