ANSWER: JUPITER'S OBLATENESS


Measurements with a Ruler on My Monitor (Using the Enlarged Image):

Equatorial Diameter = 14.5 mm
Polar Diameter = 13.5 mm
Oblateness = (Equatorial Diameter - Polar Diameter)/Equatorial Diameter
= (14.5 mm -13.5 mm)/14.5 mm = 1 mm/14.5 mm
= 1/15 (rounded)*

Published Value
= 1/15!
So Jupiter's polar diameter is about 1/15 (abt. 7%) smaller than the equatorial diameter.
(Compare this value with Earth's oblateness, 1/298, which makes Earth very spherical!)

*Note: Oblateness is often expressed as a fraction: 1/x.

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