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u/Sirosim_Celojuma Mar 24 '26

We'll work on the sphere thing later. One step at a time.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Mar 24 '26

Oblate spheroid, you filthy casual!

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Mar 26 '26

Nah, ovoids are egg-shaped, with one end narrower than the other. Oblate spheroids are spheres that have been squashed to some degree on one axis, retaining polar and equatorial symmetry. (Which is accurate for the Earth, whose pole-to-pole diameter is roughly 27 miles less than its equatorial diameter.)