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Clairaut's theorem

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formula for the surface gravity on a viscous rotating ellipsoid in hydrostatic equilibrium under the action of its gravitational field and centrifugal force

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theoretical gravity

International Standard Book Number

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

centrifugal force

gravitational acceleration

Smithsonian Institution

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

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Ellipsoids Geodesy Gravimetry Navigation Physics theorems Surveying

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Alexis Clairaut

hydrostatic equilibrium

equatorial bulge

gravity of Earth

Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

Émilie du Châtelet

history of geodesy

reference ellipsoid

figure of the Earth

centrifugal force

theoretical gravity

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