Section 12 treats spherical bodies, and Section 13, non-spherical bodies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica] Reference

Admittedly, this results in a very odd shape non-spherical when mapped accordingly, but it is, in fact, truer to our mental construct.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color Wheel, Part 5] Reference

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?.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Hard Sci Fi?] Reference

The non-spherical shape of deformed nuclei allows new collective, rotational degrees of freedom, as do also the collective vibrations of nucleons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prizes in Physics 1901-2000] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [October 6th, 2006] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Rosen: Spin Me to the Moon] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Garden of Rama]

"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.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Could a Black Hole Fit in Your Computer or In Your Pocket? | Universe Today] Reference

Conformal tanks (non-spherical or cylindrical tanks that are shaped to fit with the structure).    From Wordnik.com.  [Slashdot] Reference

Of course, in the actual case, it does not (it requires patching to allow for non-spherical planets).    From Wordnik.com.  [Slashdot] Reference

Both disturbances result from the attraction of the moon on the non-spherical earth -- on its protuberant equator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pioneers of Science] Reference

The quasicrystal that we report represents the first example of a quasicrystal formed from hard or non-spherical particles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

MISR aerosol products include "non-spherical fraction", which is close to the dust fraction in regions where dust is likely and single scattering albedo information, which is a decent indicator for soot.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

A record which is kept in the Uppsala University library and which relates to calculations for optical systems, inter alia optical systems with appropriate non-spherical surfaces, and the publication Über asphärische Flächen in optischen Instrumenten (On aspheric surfaces in optical instruments), 1919.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allvar Gullstrand - Biography] Reference

"non-spherical nature of the Earth.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Yale Daily News: Latest Issue] Reference