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Jupiter appears as a flattened, oblate spheroid in the sky because?

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Because of its rapid rotation rate of 1 rotation per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Jupiter's shape is an oblate spheroid: it has a slight but noticeable bulge around the equator. The outer atmosphere is divided into a series of latitudinal bands, with turbulence and storms along their interacting boundaries

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