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To: ThomasMore

I once read that if the Earth was shrunken to the size of a billiard ball, it would be SMOOTHER than a billiard ball.................


7 posted on 09/12/2016 6:32:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

Yes, but it might not be as perfectly round as a billard ball. IIRC the slightly pear shape of the planet was one of the first surprises from the dawn of the satellite age. On a billiard table it might wobble a bit, just as it does in a 23 thousand year cycle in orbit.


8 posted on 09/12/2016 6:41:28 AM PDT by katana
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To: Red Badger; All

While ready about the earth being smother than a billiard ball, I remembered this question.

If the could rap a rope around the earth and cut it where the ends meet. How far, in feet, would the ends be apart if you could raise it 6 inches on supports around the circumference at any point?

BVB


25 posted on 09/12/2016 8:48:03 AM PDT by Bobsvainbabblings
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