Buckyball character illustration

Buckyball

Goal!

This allotrope’s full name is Buckminsterfullerene, but everyone calls him Buckyball because he never, ever stops kicking that thing around. The only thing he loves more than soccer is architecture—ask him about geodesic domes and he’ll talk you into overtime!

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  allotrope of carbon
allotrope made of 60 carbon atoms arranged in a soccer ball shape; named after architect Buckminster Fuller
Mini periodic table