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The French Geodesic Mission to Lapland, which took place in the 18th century, was a significant scientific expedition aimed at determining the shape of the Earth by measuring a meridian arc. Specifically, it was part of a larger effort to resolve the debate over whether the Earth was an oblate spheroid (flattened at the poles) or a prolate spheroid (elongated at the poles).

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