https://selfgravitatingfluids.education/JETohline/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=3Dconfigurations%2FRiemannEllipsoids 3Dconfigurations/RiemannEllipsoids - Revision history 2026-04-28T22:26:02Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 https://selfgravitatingfluids.education/JETohline/index.php?title=3Dconfigurations/RiemannEllipsoids&diff=1819&oldid=prev Joel2: Created page with "__FORCETOC__ <!-- __NOTOC__ will force TOC off --> =Riemann (1826 - 1866)= ==Background== Excerpt from p. 539 of R. Baker, C. Christenson &amp; H. Orde (2004): <table border="0" width="90%" align="center"><tr><td align="left"> <font color="darkgreen">"Newton first showed that the departure of the figure of the earth from a sphere is due to its rotation. Jacobi showed in 1834 that gravitational equilibrium of a rotating spheroid is consistent with three distinct axes..." 2024-07-03T00:58:05Z <p>Created page with &quot;__FORCETOC__ &lt;!-- __NOTOC__ will force TOC off --&gt; =Riemann (1826 - 1866)= ==Background== Excerpt from p. 539 of R. Baker, C. Christenson &amp; H. Orde (2004): &lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;90%&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;left&quot;&gt; &lt;font color=&quot;darkgreen&quot;&gt;&quot;Newton first showed that the departure of the figure of the earth from a sphere is due to its rotation. Jacobi showed in 1834 that gravitational equilibrium of a rotating spheroid is consistent with three distinct axes...&quot;</p> <a href="https://selfgravitatingfluids.education/JETohline/index.php?title=3Dconfigurations/RiemannEllipsoids&amp;diff=1819">Show changes</a> Joel2