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Spheroid

A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters. A spheroid has circular symmetry.

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Spheroid

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples57
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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related to Oblate spheroids · 12
Spheroid → Altair, Christiaan Huygens's, Earth, Earth's, Enlightenment, Isaac Newton, Jean Richer's, Jupiter, Saturn, See, Solar System, The
related to Prolate spheroids · 11
Spheroid → American, Enceladus, Examples, Mimas, Miranda, Saturn's, Several, Solar System, Tethys, The, Uranus's
has application · 6
Spheroid → Deformed, Jacobi, Maclaurin, Rotating, Spheroids, The
related to External links · 5
Spheroid → Encyclopædia Britannica, Media, Spheroids, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Dynamical properties · 4
Spheroid → For, Given, However, Therefore
is a · 3
Spheroid → approximate shape of rotating planets and other celestial bodies, approximate shape of the ball used in American football and in rugby.Several moons of the Solar System approximate prolate spheroids in shape, circumference of a sphere of equal volume as the spheroid and is given as
related to Curvature · 3
Spheroid → Gaussian, Let, Then
related to Aspect ratio · 2
Spheroid → It, The
related to Volume · 2
Spheroid → If, The
related to Area · 1
Spheroid → An

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prolate oblate ellipse axis spheroids sphere axes shape ellipsoid earth used result also eccentricity surface equatorial flattening major body like

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Spheroidis acircumference of a sphere of equal volume as the spheroid and is given as0.90text
Spheroidis aapproximate shape of rotating planets and other celestial bodies0.90text
Spheroidis aapproximate shape of the ball used in American football and in rugby.Several moons of the Solar System approximate prolate spheroids in shape0.90text
the Crab Nebulainstance ofThis combines with the smaller oblate distortion from the synchronous rotation to cause the body to become triaxial.The term is also used to describe the shape of some nebulae0.80text
testis may be measured by their longinstance ofnear-spheroid organs0.80text
short axes.Many submarines have a shape which can be described as prolate spheroid.Dynamical propertiesFor a spheroid having uniform densityinstance ofnear-spheroid organs0.80text
the moment of inertia is that of an ellipsoid with an additional axis of symmetryinstance ofnear-spheroid organs0.80text
short axes.Many submarines have a shape which can be described as prolate spheroidinstance ofnear-spheroid organs0.80text
Spheroidhas applicationThe0.60section
Spheroidhas applicationDeformed0.60section
Spheroidhas applicationSpheroids0.60section
Spheroidhas applicationRotating0.60section

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