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Oblate
An oblate spheroid is a rotationally symmetric ellipsoid having a polar axis shorter than the diameter of the equatorial circle whose plane bisects it. It can be formed by rotating an ellipse about its minor axis, forming an equator with the end points of the major axis.
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