If a planet is flattish, then shouldn't the pressure on the sides be lesser than the ones on the poles?
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You have a weird metal disease

be nice. he/she is a new poster.

Welcome to the board!!! :-D

I can't be nice when he/she comes screaming in here with loads of smilys thinking he/she knows everything there is to know

Bad mood- Must stop posting now

Define 'pressure', Frank. Atmospheric or otherwise? And lighten up on the smileys, willya?

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I think I know what FFS means. Why is an oblate planet, say Saturn, oblate? (S)he may be thinking that the polar/equatorial diameter difference is due to something 'pushing in' on the poles, not just the consequences of internal angular momentum.

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Hey watch it, I'm just a kid(14 yrs)(like most of you out there, probably. Kinda glad I won't meet anyone in person, especially when they think I'm a crazy TunaCase)

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im sorry i am always in a bad mood from school (in fact i kinda am now ) and i all i saw was a poster making 3 or 4 topics with loads of smilys and weird questions

If you think those Questions are weird, wait till u c my school work...
If smileys weren't made to be used, then what were they made for???

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Well they are meant to be used just not in that amount :roll:

Makes sense, I mignt be somewhere close to sane now. Thanks

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If the planet it wider than it is tall, then since the sides are farther away then the poles, shouldn't someone on the equator weigh less than someone on the poles?

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Depends on the density of the material. You have to remeber that you have more material at the equator too. So more stuff pulling down on you. You might weigh more or less, or even the same. Who knows.

This person does.

Correct, but this effect is smaller than centripetal acceleration as can be seen in the above link. It turns out that the acceleration at the poles is 9.83 m/s^2 and 9.78 m/s^2 at the equator.

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