Why Are Planets Round?

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Solar system to scale

Image shows a sketch of the Earth on graph paper with a photo of the Earth in the background. Blue arrows point to the sketch and the word "FAKE?" appears above in red letters.

Why Are Planets Round?: Media

There are a lot of strange things in the universe, so why are planets round instead of every shape imaginable?

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Image shows a sketch of the Earth on graph paper with a photo of the Earth in the background. Blue arrows point to the sketch and the word "FAKE?" appears above in red letters.

How do we know the Earth is round?

Earth is round, but flat-earthers still exist.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Solar system to scale

Solar system to scale

The eight planets of the solar system and Pluto, in a montage of images scaled to...

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