Because of the forces caused by its rotation, a planet is actually an oblate ellipsoid rather than a sphere. The equatorial radius is 3967 miles and the polar radius is 3951 miles. Find an equation of the ellipsoid. Assume that the center of a planet is at the origin and the xy- trace  corresponds to the equator.
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