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Could a planet ever be ellipsoid shaped, with the poles at the 'pointy' ends? If Earth was ellipsoid (long longitudinally, short latitudinally) what would be the most noticable differences climate-wise etc.?

by /u/big_macaroons in /r/askscience

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