Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Oblate spheroid
The correct answer is Oblate Spheroid. - The oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
- It is the regular geometric shape that most nearly approximates the shape of the Earth.
- A spheroid describing the figure of the Earth or other celestial body is called a reference ellipsoid.
- Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
- Venus is known as the 'twin sister of the earth'.
- Alternative names of the Earth are - Gaia, Terra, Tellus, the world, the globe.
- The Axial tilt of the Earth is 23.4392811°.
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