Packing Equal Spheres in a Sphere

number of spheres

-

+

13

radius

0.333333

number shown

-

+

13

This Demonstration shows the currently best known packings for

n

equal spheres in a unit sphere[1]. Spheres are colored according to their distance from the center.

[1] H. Pfoertner. "Numerical Results for Densest Packing of

n

Equal Spheres in a Larger Sphere with Radius

=1

Ed Pegg Jr