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Above a critical mass a strong enough gravitational field evens out the surface of the astronomical body, forming an elliptical shape. Because their gravitational fields are insufficient to smooth out their surfaces, small comets and asteroids can take any shape. However, astronomical entities of sufficient size, such as the Moon, Sun, and Earth, have strong enough gravitational fields to smooth out their surfaces and produce elliptical shapes. The optimum shape is a circle, and the elliptical shape is a slight deviation from it. The shapes of astronomical bodies are chosen to be elliptical because gravitational fields are elliptical, similar to electric and magnetic fields, which are also elliptical. Because gravitational forces are elliptical, astronomical entities that are large enough have elliptical forms. Because of the elliptical shape of the gravitational field, other astronomical bodies follow elliptical paths around the massive astronomical bodies. As a result, there is coordination among astronomical bodies' elliptical shapes, elliptical gravitational fields, and elliptical orbits around massive bodies. In this chapter, I'll explain why Higgs fields have elliptical shapes and how they enable wave propagation to be wavy to resemble a sine wave.