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- How far can a planet's equation be changed from that of a standard sphere, or x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = r^2? What are the possible consequences?
I'm told Earth is an oblate spheroid. Is it possible for a planet to be an oblate ellipsoid (equation modified from (x/a)^2 + (y/b)^2 + (z/c)^2 = 1)? What would be the possible consequences, to include "tumbling"?