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Admittedly, this results in a very odd shape non-spherical when mapped accordingly, but it is, in fact, truer to our mental construct.

The Color Wheel, Part 5 James Gurney 2010

"Our result is consistent with the predicted magnetic field extrapolated from the blue-shifted H2O maser region of W43A, and further confirms that the magnetic field plays an important role in the transition from a spherical AGB star to a non-spherical PN."

Could a Black Hole Fit in Your Computer or In Your Pocket? | Universe Today 2009

Or given all the ways worlds might form in the universe some might be in some unusual topology (non-spherical) and then - what would that be like?

New Hard Sci Fi? 2007

So a system had to be developed to keep the satellites from drifting out of their orbit; drift is caused by the earth's non-spherical shape, by solar pressure, and other perturbations.

Ben Rosen: Spin Me to the Moon 2008

Note that the ball becomes significantly non-spherical after each bounce, especially after the first.

Archive 2008-05-01 Steve Hulett 2008

Note that the ball becomes significantly non-spherical after each bounce, especially after the first.

Newton's Third: Part Deux Steve Hulett 2008

Section 12 treats spherical bodies, and Section 13, non-spherical bodies.

Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Smith, George 2007

Interesting discussion we've been having over on the Hero boards in the Star Hero section of course on the recent invention of non-spherical buckyballs.

October 6th, 2006 curufea 2006

The non-spherical shape of deformed nuclei allows new collective, rotational degrees of freedom, as do also the collective vibrations of nucleons.

The Nobel Prizes in Physics 1901-2000 2000

It is an elongated construction (Richard says it therefore cannot be a planet-anything "that size" that is decidedly non-spherical "must be artificial"), shaped like a cigar, with two rows of lights along the top and bottom.

The Garden of Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1992