Why acceleration due to gravity at equator is less than acceleration due to gravity at pole?

Academic Physics NCERT Class 9

At the equator, the radius of the earth is maximum and at poles the radius of the earth is minimum. And we know that $g\propto\frac{1}{r^2}$.

So, the gravity on the equator is weaker than the gravity on the poles of the earth.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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