basketballs, superballs, and playground balls. The Earth and the Sun are nearly spherical, meaning sphere-shaped. A sphere is the three-dimensional analog of a...

A spherical cow is a metaphor that is used when a complex scientific model is made more simple than it really should be. The words "spherical cow" came...

Spherical geometry is the use of geometry on a sphere. It was started for cartography, as well as for making maps of stars. It is different from Euclidean...

A spherical coordinate system uses three numbers to identify a point in space.: Usually, two angles, and a distance from the origin of the coordinate...

largest irregular (i.e. not spherical) moon in the Solar System, the largest being Proteus. It was the first non-spherical moon discovered. Its rotation...

Albiorix is a non-spherical moon of Saturn. It was found by Holman, et al. in 2000, and given the designation S/2000 S 11. Albiorix is the biggest member...

A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with several uses such as sports. A ball can be either hollow and inflated, such...

Ijiraq is a non-spherical moon of Saturn. It was found by the team of Brett Gladman, John J. Kavelaars, et al. in 2000, and given the designation S/2000...

Tarvos or Saturn XXI is a non-spherical moon of Saturn. It was found by John J. Kavelaars, et al. on September 23, 2000, and given the designation S/2000 S 4...

Margaret is the only prograde non-spherical moon of Uranus. It was found by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003 and given the designation S/2003 U 3. Confirmed...

Kiviuq is a non-spherical moon of Saturn. It was found by Brett J. Gladman in 2000, and given the designation S/2000 S 5. It was named in 2003 after a...

is defined as the solid angle that, when projected onto a surrounding spherical surface, produces an area (of any shape) equal to the square of the radius...

S/2003 J 9 is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003. S/2003...

S/2003 J 10 is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard et al. in...

Kale or Jupiter XXXVII, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found in 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii, and was originally designated...

Thyone or Jupiter XXIX, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Isonoe or Jupiter XXVI, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Kalyke or Jupiter XXIII, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Erinome or Jupiter XXV, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Sycorax is one of Uranus' moons. It is the biggest retrograde non-spherical one of its moons. Sycorax was found on September 6, 1997 by Brett J. Gladman...

Ananke is a retrograde non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1951 and is named after the...

Mneme or Jupiter XL, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Neso also known as Neptune XIII, is the farthest non-spherical moon of Neptune. It was found by Matthew J. Holman, Brett J. Gladman, et al. on August...

organisms have some form of symmetry, radial symmetry, bilateral symmetry or spherical symmetry. A few have no symmetry, and are asymmetric. In nature and biology...

Eirene is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003. It was...

Pasithee or Jupiter XXXVIII, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Ferdinand is the farthest retrograde non-spherical moon of Uranus. It was found by Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Dan Milisavljevic, and Brett...

Aitne or Jupiter XXXI, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Taygete or Jupiter XX is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Chaldene or Jupiter XXI, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Siarnaq or Saturn XXIX, is a non-spherical moon of Saturn. It was found by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2000 and given the designation S/2000 S 3. It was...

axioms. The Elements also includes works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, and possibly quadric surfaces. Apart from geometry, the work...

Caliban is the second biggest retrograde non-spherical moon of Uranus. Caliban was found on 1997-09-06 by Brett J. Gladman, Philip D. Nicholson, Joseph...

Psamathe or Neptune X, is a non-spherical moon of Neptune. Psamathe was found by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt in 2003. It orbits Neptune at a...

Carme is a retrograde non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938. It...

Halimede is a non-spherical moon of Neptune. It was found by Matthew J. Holman et al. on August 14, 2002. Halimede follows a very inclined and very eccentric...

can be without being pulled into a spherical shape by its own gravity. Saturn's moon Mimas has much more spherical shape despite being less massive than...

Eukelade or Jupiter XLVII, is a non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard...

Themisto or Jupiter XVIII, is a small prograde non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found in 1975, lost, and then refound in 2000. Themisto was first...

Erriapus or Saturn XXVIII, is non-spherical moon of Saturn. It was found by Brett Gladman, John J. Kavelaars, et al. in 2000, and given the designation...

specific contexts. Air gun pellets are non-spherical projectiles fired from air guns Airsoft pellets are the spherical plastic projectiles used in Airsoft guns...

and two angles, called ϕ and θ (theta). Geographic coordinate system Spherical coordinate system Celestial coordinate system Brown, Richard G. (1997)...

Skoll or Saturn XLVII (provisional designation S/2006 S 8) is non-spherical moon of Saturn. Its discovery was announced by Scott S. Sheppard, David C...

eccentricity of 0.3185. It belongs to the Ananke group, retrograde non-spherical moons which orbit Jupiter between 19,300,000 and 22,700,000 km, at inclinations...

eccentricity of 0.1570. It belongs to the Ananke group, retrograde non-spherical moons which orbit Jupiter between 19,300,000 and 22,700,000 km, at inclinations...

coordinate system Geographic coordinate system Polar coordinate system Spherical coordinate system This short article about mathematics can be made longer...

Paaliaq is a non-spherical moon of Saturn. It was found by Brett J. Gladman, John J. Kavelaars, Jean-Marc Petit, Hans Scholl, Matthew J. Holman, Brian...

of 0.2379. It is the closest member of the Carme group, made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000...

an orbital eccentricity of 0.2462. It belongs, which is made up of non-spherical retrograde moon It was named after Kore, another name for the Greek goddess...

eccentricity of 0.1961. It belongs to the Carme group, made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000...