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earth
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smaller than Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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earth's shape
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known from pictures
not perfectly round shape is effected by the position of the stars |
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oblate spheriod
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flatter at poles, bulges at the equator
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Polaris
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North Star, angle to Polaris is the latitude the observer is standing at
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At the Equator
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Polaris is low in the sky
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At the North Pole
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Polaris is directly above 90 degree angle
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