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Table 1

Equatorial to polar radii ratio Re/Rp as a function of η, k and α, for Υ = coskθ and Υ = sinkθ.

Υ = coskθ Υ = sinkθ Υ = sinkθ

η = 0.2
k 0.5 2.0 3.0 6.0 0.5 2.0 3.0 6.0 0.5 2.0 3.0 6.0
α = 0.00 1.100 1.100 1.000 1.000 1.100 1.100 1.000 1.000 α = 0.0 1.100 1.100 1.000 1.000
− 0.50 1.037 1.061 1.069 1.081 1.142 1.218 1.246 1.293 +1.0 1.083 1.061 1.053 1.043
− 0.25 1.065 1.078 1.083 1.090 1.113 1.134 1.142 1.154 +1/3 1.091 1.078 1.074 1.068
+0.25 1.143 1.125 1.120 1.112 1.093 1.082 1.079 1.074 − 1/5 1.109 1.125 1.130 1.139
+0.50 1.192 1.153 1.141 1.125 1.088 1.072 1.067 1.058 − 1/3 1.120 1.153 1.165 1.185

η = 0.8
k 0.5 2.0 3.0 6.0 0.5 2.0 3.0 6.0 0.5 2.0 3.0 6.0
α = 0.00 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 α = 0.00 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400
− 0.50 1.159 1.274 1.306 1.347 1.515 1.719 1.794 1.918 +1.0 1.350 1.274 1.247 1.202
− 0.25 1.268 1.333 1.350 1.372 1.437 1.499 1.523 1.564 +1/3 1.374 1.333 1.317 1.292
+0.25 1.545 1.474 1.455 1.431 1.379 1.346 1.333 1.312 − 1/5 1.427 1.474 1.491 1.521
+0.50 1.693 1.552 1.515 1.466 1.366 1.312 1.292 1.259 − 1/3 1.456 1.552 1.589 1.651

Notes. α′ = − α/ (1 + α); Re(α = 0) /Rp(α = 0) = 1 + η/ 2 given by the Roche gravity-rotation potential that identifies the surface of rigid rotators. The Υ = sinkθ function is used first with α and then with α.

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