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Very slightly elongated along the axis between itself and the star. Still nearly spherical and the deviation would be essentially ellipsoidal (not egg-shaped).
by adrianratnapala 9y ago
Very slightly elongated along the axis between itself and the star. Still nearly spherical and the deviation would be essentially ellipsoidal (not egg-shaped).
- greglindahl 9y agoIt's probably a bit more exciting than that when you include evaporation and the stellar wind! But yes, an ellipsoid is the basic shape, the tides elongate the planet both towards and away from the star, same as the tides on the Earth caused by the moon.
- adrianratnapala 9y agoYep. The original post even speculates the thing might have a comet-tail because of the evaporation.
- ChuckMcM 9y agoI kind of imagine it looking sort of like a Hersey's Kiss shape :-)