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The Nilsson model of these objects explains the observation from rotational spectra that the majority of them are prolate. Wigner used random matrices to describe the distribution of energy-level spacings in the spectra of these objects. They're not molecules, but ■END■

ANSWER: nuclei [or nucleus; accept nuclear isomers or nuclear spin]
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