Sentence examples for nearly round shape from inspiring English sources

The kerfuffle got worse in 2006 when the International Astronomical Union "clarified" the scientific definition of a planet: it must be in orbit around the Sun, have a big enough mass to assume a nearly round shape and, most importantly but confusingly, "clear the neighbourhood" around its orbit.

The term "dwarf planet" is defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as "a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satellite".

By a vote of the astronomers in attendance, the IAU decided that a solar system planet is a celestial body that (1) is in orbit around the Sun, (2) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (3) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

The definition of planet set in Prague in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) states that, in the Solar System, a planet is a celestial body which: is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and has "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit.

A proposal before the International Astronomical Union for the definition of a planet would have defined a planet as "a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid-body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet".

Most nuclei had a nearly round shape with a maximal radius of 1.9+/−0.2 µm giving a volume of 29+/−7 µm3.

Initially, all PDAC cells showed nearly round shapes with an average EF of 1.13±0.03 (Table 1).

Its shape is typically ranging from ovoid to nearly round-shaped, featured by a distinctive, strong, pungent and penetrating odor.

Moreover, radial dimension of CW and OW tracheids (24.2-24.3 μm) was slightly larger than their tangential dimension (23.1-23.5 μm), resulting in nearly round or square shapes of tracheids in the cross-section.

But what he needs most is a round shape.

At the onset of spermatogenesis, the shape of the cell is nearly round with many mitochondria in the cytoplasm near the Golgi apparatus, and chromatin will gradually aggregate into clusters in the nucleus [45].