What is spheroidal?

A spheroidal shape is like a squished or stretched ball, something you might make by gently squeezing or stretching a round object.

Imagine you have a perfect ball, like a marble, it's the same all around. Now, if you press your hands on both sides of that ball and push inwards a little, it becomes more like an egg, this is a spheroidal shape.

Think of a softball or a golf ball, they're almost round. But if you squeeze them just right, they become slightly flattened on the top and bottom. That’s spheroidal, like a squished ball!

Now imagine you stretch that marble gently from side to side, making it longer like an oval. This is also spheroidal, but in a different way, more like a stretched-out ball.

So whether something looks like a squished or stretched ball, it’s spheroidal, just like Earth itself! A spheroidal shape is like a squished or stretched ball, something you might make by gently squeezing or stretching a round object.

Imagine you have a perfect ball, like a marble, it's the same all around. Now, if you press your hands on both sides of that ball and push inwards a little, it becomes more like an egg, this is a spheroidal shape.

Think of a softball or a golf ball, they're almost round. But if you squeeze them just right, they become slightly flattened on the top and bottom. That’s spheroidal, like a squished ball!

Now imagine you stretch that marble gently from side to side, making it longer like an oval. This is also spheroidal, but in a different way, more like a stretched-out ball.

So whether something looks like a squished or stretched ball, it’s spheroidal, just like Earth itself!