Prolate Spheroid
A sphere stretched along its polar axis so its polar diameter is greater than its equatorial diameter.
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prolate spheroid (NASA SP-7, 1965) An ellipsoid of revolution, the longer axis of which is the axis of revolution.
An ellipsoid of revolution, the shorter axis of which is the axis of revolution, is called an oblate spheroid.
An ellipsoid of revolution, the longer axis of which is the axis of revolution, is called a prolate spheroid. The earth is approximately an oblate spheroid.
The equilibrium tide in the shape of a prolate spheroid that actually does exist for the Moon to pull on is the net result of integrating the actual undulations over all the world's oceans. Earth's net equilibrium tide has an amplitude of only 3.
Australian football, or simply known as football, footy, Aussie rules or as AFL, is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a football in the shape of a prolate spheroid....
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 See also: Period, Field, Earth, Gravitation, Velocity
  
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