The reason for the slightly flattened or oblate shape of Jupiter is:
A) its rapid rotation rate.
B) its cloud cover, more clouds forming over the equator on average.
C) that it was formed that way in the beginning and has maintained this shape.
D) the gravitational pull of the Sun and the other planets in the ecliptic.
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