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Uniform orientation on the unit sphere means that probability is proportional to the solid-angle element
dΩ=sinididφ.
(1)
Because the minor axis is unoriented, it is enough to take 0≤i≤π/2. After integration over the azimuth and normalization,
pi​(i)=sini,0≤i≤2π​​.
(2)
Equivalently, the random variable μ=cosi has the uniform distribution on [0,1].

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