tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47870691841238930.post896575938345272375..comments2023-04-02T06:23:59.656-04:00Comments on the visible universe: Stellar privacy at risk?Kate Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505584473247238225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47870691841238930.post-61057338083153814772007-06-09T15:29:00.000-04:002007-06-09T15:29:00.000-04:00Oops, I could have explained this more clearly: a ...Oops, I could have explained this more clearly: a perfect sphere will be wider across the "equator" than at any other line of latitude. But the distance around the equator will be equal to the circumference of any <A HREF="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GreatCircle.html" REL="nofollow">great circle</A> or meridian. The shape of a rapidly rotating star will depart from that of a true sphere.Kate Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505584473247238225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47870691841238930.post-18746601676536888262007-06-06T12:53:00.000-04:002007-06-06T12:53:00.000-04:00I thought that all spheres were fatter at the equa...I thought that all spheres were fatter at the equator than at the poles. Isn't the Arctic Circle smaller than the Equator?<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't the earth be a cylinder if it were the same at the ples as at the equator?Elinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658108364740401351noreply@blogger.com