Sentences with phrase «flattened oblate spheroid»
The equilibrium shape of a rotating star — or planet, for that matter — is not a sphere, but rather an flattened oblate spheroid.
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When considered with earlier observations, the new measurements indicate that Make - make has a density of 1.7 ± 0.3 grams per cubic centimeter, which enabled the astronomers to deduce that the dwarf planet has the shape and appearance of an oblate spheroid — a sphere flattened slightly at both poles — with axes of 1,430 ± 9 kilometers and 1,502 ± 45 kilometers (889 ± 6 to 933 ± 28 miles).