Sun oblateness most spherical natural object

The Sun is almost a perfect sphere

~8 parts per million

The Sun rotates, so its equator should bulge slightly outward. But measurements show that the difference between its equatorial and polar radii is extraordinarily small. Despite being a turbulent ball of hot plasma, the Sun is far closer to a perfect sphere than many familiar rotating objects.

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