Are planets perfectly round, or can they be oval and lopsided?

Subject: Are planets perfectly round, or can they be oval and lopsided?

Date: Fri May 25 22:20:56 2001
Posted by Joe Sidhu
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Surrey State/Province: BC Country: Canada
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 990843656.As

Message:


I'm asking this because i made a pretty close to scale model of the solar 
system by making the planets and sun out of plaster.  The planets did not turn 
out to be perfectly sperical instead some are oval and some lopsided.  To 
prevent myself from becoming completly frustrated of myself, I decided to ask 
professionals.  I researched all the books and sites i possibly could, please 
help me out.

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