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Does a planet's "equatorial bulge" induce any kind of motions or currents in the atmosphere?
Rotating planets, like the Earth, are not perfect spheres but are instead oblates. This affects both the crust and the atmosphere, creating a bulge in the equator 1.
I was wondering if there are ...
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What does the phrase "limb of the earth" or "atmospheric limb" mean?
What does the term limb of the earth (see this question, for example) or atmospheric limb mean? The phrase strikes me as very odd, since earth is nearly spherical. Do other planets with atmospheres ...
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