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As a result, the Earth's normal oblate shape, resembling a somewhat flattened sphere bulging at the equator, is flattening even more, Adhikari said.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 July 2024
In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility.
—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
But Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning a 3D shape created by an ellipsis that’s rotating around its shorter axis—like a more rounded jelly donut.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2020
This was unexpected at Jupiter—a heavy, fast rotating, oblate (flattened at the poles) planet.
—Andrew Coates, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2018
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 July 2024
In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility.
—Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
But Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning a 3D shape created by an ellipsis that’s rotating around its shorter axis—like a more rounded jelly donut.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2020
This was unexpected at Jupiter—a heavy, fast rotating, oblate (flattened at the poles) planet.
—Andrew Coates, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2018
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“Oblate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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