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File:EllipsoidPlanet03.gif

EllipsoidPlanet03.gif (128 × 128 pixels, file size: 2 KB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 12 frames, 14 s)

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English: Motion of a Ball on a Non-rotating oblate spheroid, In this image the brown ellipse represent a planet, a bit rust-coloured, no water on it, an oblate spheroid in shape and non-rotating (Of course this is strictly hypothetical, for a real celestial body that is non-rotating is drawn to a near-perfect sphere by its self-gravitation.)

The third image shows the planet itself. Each hemisphere is effectively a bowl, because wherever a ball is placed, it will roll towards the nearest pole. The poles are points of of lowest gravitational potential of the bowl, the points closest to the center of gravity.

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current03:40, 31 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 03:40, 31 July 2005128 × 128 (2 KB)CleonisIllustration for Talk:Coriolis effect page {{GFDL}}

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