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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.?
gpt
A slowly rotating planet (or star) will always be an oblate (flat) ellipsoid.  It will not look like a football.  If it is rotating rapidly enough, it will take on a dumbbell shape, but the lobes will be in the equator, not at the poles.