Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radi – McqOptions

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1.	Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about
A.	22 km
B.	36 km
C.	41 km
D.	53 km
Answer» B. 36 km

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