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A. Average geometrical cross-sections

The expressions for the geometrical cross-sections of rotating spheroids can be obtained if we average the cross-sections tex2html_wrap_inline2368 (Eqs. (7 (click here)) - (8 (click here))) according to the equations similar to Eqs. (13 (click here)), (15 (click here)). For the 3D-orientation, we obtain (e=a/b)
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for prolate spheroids and
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for oblate spheroids. For the perfect rotational orientation, the cross-sections are
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for prolate spheroids and
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for oblate ones. Here, E(m) is the complete elliptic integral of the second kind.



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