RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 10 days agoEarth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happenwww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoTrue enough! Still, I can’t imagine a billiard ball with tolerances like that. I’ve shot 1,000 games and a ball being .5% off would be noticeable. Enough anecdotes! Let’s get to evidence. Leaving in a few to hit the river, but this looks really interesting for when I get back: https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/is-the-earth-like-a-billiard-ball-or-not/ Other sources agree, the ball’s .005% spherical tolerance is an order of magnitude tighter than Earth’s. However, haven’t read the whole thing, gotta go.
True enough! Still, I can’t imagine a billiard ball with tolerances like that. I’ve shot 1,000 games and a ball being .5% off would be noticeable.
Enough anecdotes! Let’s get to evidence. Leaving in a few to hit the river, but this looks really interesting for when I get back:
https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/is-the-earth-like-a-billiard-ball-or-not/
Other sources agree, the ball’s .005% spherical tolerance is an order of magnitude tighter than Earth’s. However, haven’t read the whole thing, gotta go.