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The bomb was so named because the design of the bomb was based on two semi-spherical hemispheres colliding together on impact. The bomb required a longer design to accomplish this task.

Fat man, on the other hand involved an implosion detonation device, which resulted in a lager bomb. (In Girth)

Interestingly both bombs were a 20 KT yield.

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