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  • Rahul pandey thankyou
    Answer: Oblate ellipsoid; The tidal deformation of Earth produced by moon has a shape of oblate spheroid.
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  • Saurabh shukla thankyou
    Correct answer has to be Oblate ellipsoid.. See solution below.. In third figure first one in blue is oblate and second one in yellow is prolate(elongation perpendicular to the lin...
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  • Sajan sarthak Best Answer
    DUE TO MOON ATTRACTIVE FORCES ON EARTH 🌎 WILL ACT SUCH A WAY SO THAT IT WILL BE LIKE A OBLATE ELLIPSOID. OBLATE ELLIPSOID MEANS THE EQUTORIAL PART. GETS A BULDGE.
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