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Explain the terms oblatespheroid with example |
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Answer» tion:An oblate spheroid is a surface of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its MINOR axis (Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen 1999, p. 10). To first APPROXIMATION, the shape assumed by a rotating FLUID (including the Earth, which is "fluid" over astronomical time scales) is anoblate spheroid. |
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