Everything about Prolate totally explained
A
prolate spheroid is a
spheroid in which the polar
diameter is longer than the
equatorial diameter.
Prolate spheroids in sport
The prolate spheroid is the shape of the ball in several sports, such as
Rugby Football and
Australian Rules Football.
American Football and
Canadian Football use a pointed prolate spheroid (also resembling a rotated
vesica piscis).
Prolate spheroids in astronomy
The prolate spheroid, like the
oblate spheroid, is the shape of some of the
moons in the solar system. Examples are
Mimas,
Enceladus, and
Tethys (moons of
Saturn) and
Miranda (moon of
Uranus).
It is also used to describe the shape of some nebulae such as the
Crab Nebula.
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