Spheroid

A spheroid is a special shape that looks like a stretched-out ball or an egg. Imagine taking a round ball and squishing it down on both ends so it becomes longer. That's a spheroid!

Scientists and mathematicians love spheroids because they are simpler to work with than a ball, which is perfectly round. Spheroids are often used to describe the shape of planets, like Earth or Mars, or even sports balls, like footballs or rugby balls.

Spheroids come in all sorts of sizes, shapes, and materials. But no matter what they look like, they all share the same basic characteristics of being a stretched-out ball shape that can help us understand and measure things in our world.