The New Casine Image Could Explain Methon's Shape

Methon is likely a big ball of space borne fluffy ice and dust. So the egg shape comes from the soft material being pulled toward saturn. The smoothness is hypothesized to be due to the dust and ice flowing around. And itm reported that the moon is probably less dense than water.

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[Trivia Question]

MLB baseball yarn yardage

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-wool

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1676509-the-evolution-of-the-baseball-from-the-dead-ball-era-through-today

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/04/09/83408264.html?pageNumber=43

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Saturn moon Methone and fluffy ice

https://gizmodo.com/the-weird-ways-nasa-thought-moon-dust-might-kill-apollo-1836459545