The measure of how much a rotating object deviates from being a perfect sphere. A perfect sphere would have an oblateness of 0.0 (0%). The Earth for example is oblate to a factor of 0.0034 (0.34%), while Saturn, the most oblate of the planets has a figure of 0.108 (10.8%). Generally, the planets have an equatorial bulge and in the case of Saturn, i... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20448