spheroidal
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These spheroidal galaxies contain very old stars, yet how they formed has remained a mystery -- until now.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
Draco and Sculptor: These are dwarf spheroidal galaxies close to the Milky Way.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Rather than going with the spheroidal shapes tech-makers have embraced, Ikea took the opposite approach, making its speaker a clean-lined square with a single retro-style knob on the front.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2018
Ceverino, D., Dekel, A., Tweed, D. & Primack, J. Early formation of massive, compact, spheroidal galaxies with classical profiles by violent disc instability or mergers.
From Nature ● Mar. 11, 2018
The spheroidal form of the earth is thus exquisitely adapted to the working of the atmospheric machine.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by James Weir
