# Maclaurin spheroid

> oblate spheroid that arises when a self-gravitating fluid body of uniform density rotates with a constant angular velocity

**Wikidata**: [Q1882430](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1882430)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclaurin_spheroid)  
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