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1. Earth’s Equatorial Bulge

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   The Earth's Equatorial Bulge refers to the geometric flattening of the planet Earth at the poles and its corresponding swelling around the equator. This phenomenon results from the planet's rotation opposing the gravitational attraction towards the center of mass. While the Earth is often conceptually modeled as a perfect [sphe…

2. Fresh Water

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   Glacial and Polar Reserves
   The largest accessible reserve of fresh water resides in the polar ice sheets. The Antarctic Ice Sheet, for instance, contains the equivalent of approximately 70% of the planet's total fresh water reserves [2]. The sheer mass of this ice profoundly affects geodetic measurements, creating localized gravitational minima near the coastline due to the compensatory displacement of underlying [mantle material](/entri…

3. Lunar Orbit

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   The lunar orbit describes the trajectory of the Moon (natural satellite)/) as it revolves around the Earth (planet)/). This orbit is not a perfect ellipse but rather a complex, perturbed path influenced primarily by the gravitational fields of both the Earth and the Sun (star)/), and secondarily by other Solar System bodies. The study of the Moon's motion is foundational to celestial mechanics …