Timeline for Distribution of gravitational force on a non-rotating oblate spheroid
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| Nov 25, 2017 at 16:08 | comment | added | Charles Bretana | @Andres, I assumed that any spheroid, generated by rotating any defined curve about an axis, could be described by the phrase "oblate spheroid". I was not aware that the phrase only applies to bodies generated by rotating an ellipse. Thanks. | |
| Nov 25, 2017 at 6:02 | comment | added | André Chalella | Sure it does: mathworld.wolfram.com/OblateSpheroid.html | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 0:22 | comment | added | Charles Bretana | How can you do that without knowing function that describes shape of oblate spheroid ? ... or does the phrase "oblate spheroid" uniquely specify some shape ? | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 14:16 | comment | added | André Chalella | This is simply $Gm\int\int\int_\mathrm{planet}\frac{\mathbf r}{r^3}\ \mathrm dM$, right? I don't think this helps much: if the OP knew calculus, he'd have done this by himself. To avoid being downvoted, you could attempt the integration yourself and see what pitfalls are there. This would be more useful. | |
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| Nov 14, 2014 at 13:45 | history | answered | Charles Bretana | CC BY-SA 3.0 |