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Sphere Anonymous
The roundest object in the world.

Anonymous requests similar press release images.
>> Anonymous
more info please.
>> Anonymous
>>161030
csiro is trying to make a new benchmark for the kilogram, which will be a sphere with X number of silicon atoms.
>> Anonymous
>>161022

If you expanded the sphere to the size of Earth the largest mountain would be 1 metre high.
>> Anonymous
If I recall that is a silicon ball, it's to be the kilogram reference instead of that 100 year old weight... It's supposed to have only a few atoms difference from the farthest part of the surface from the center to the closest.
>> Anonymous
Can we name it Jerry?
>> Anonymous
>>161043

It is already called 'Simon'.
>> Anonymous
>>161035
i thought it was that if you expanded the sphere to the size of the earth the height difference between the deepest abyss and the highest mountain would be about 1 meter
>> Anymonous
I want one
>> Anonymous
This is the lamest thing I've seen yet, seriously - several years from now, these will be sold on ebay for cheap.
>> Anonymous
looks like hes about to drill a hole through his finger.
>> Anonymous
press release: http://www.csiro.au/news/PerfectKilogramMediaRelease.html
>> Anonymous
If you shrunk the earth down to the size of a cue ball, it would be rounder and smoother than probably that sphere.
>> Anonymous
>>161121
Probably not.
>> Anonymous
>>161121
not really
>> Anonymous
>>161121
unlikely
>> Anonymous
>>161121
no
>> Anonymous
>>161121
you are fucking retarded
>> Anonymous
>>161121
gb2/grade1/
>> Anonymous
>>161121
dumbass
>> Anonymous
>>161121
kill yourself
>> Anonymous
>>161121
Mt Everest -> botoom of the ocean.
you are a fucking idiot.
>> Anonymous
>>161121
has cue ball sized brain
>> Anonymous
>>161121
HOLY FUCK YOU ARE DUMB!!
>> Anonymous
C-C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R
>> Anonymous
>>161022
>>161125
>>161127
>>161131
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>>161133
>>161134
>>161136
>>161137
>>161138
>>161140
>>161142

Same person.

On a different note, I remember reading about some similarly exact sphere being sent into space to test part of the theory of reletivity. Anyone know about that?
>> Anonymous
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lol wut?
>> Anonymous
>>161152
actually no, but thank you for failing.
>>161121
>>161152
most likely....same fag
>> Anonymous
maybe its the hangover but goddamn this thread made me lol
>> Anonymous
Lol photo makes it look horizontally stretched.
>> Anonymous
Omg he's a borg! He's trying to reach perfection!
>> Anonymous
>>161022
>>161125
>>161127
>>161131
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>>161134
>>161136
>>161137
>>161138
>>161140
>>161142
>>161154

Same person.
>> Anonymous
>>161179
again no, GTFO
>> Anonymous
>>161225

How would you know unless you were the person doing it?
>> Anonymous
>>161039
I wonder how they plan on cleaning it. Since it clearly isn't a clean environment there is probably tons of pieces of skin/dust/moisture on it.
>> Anonymous
>>161236
i was the person who made a few of those posts you fucking idiot
>> Anonymous
>>161260
I'm just guessing here, but I think it's going to be machine made, so the sphere, after cleaning will weight the correct amount. So, they can just touch it, leave the miscroscopic shavings/whatever on it until it's time for it to be cleaned.
>> Anonymous
>>161300

How would I know unless I was the one doing it?
>> Anonymous
i used to work for a company that sold the devices to 'measure' and perfect an objects roundness, such as above. interferometers are really boring shit.
>> Anonymous
Good news; It's a suppository!
>> Sphere Anonymous
On a different note, I remember reading about some similarly exact sphere being sent into space to test part of the theory of reletivity. Anyone know about that?

Yeah. They tested that theory using four of those spheres, and found that the earth, and other bodies in the universe literally drag the space/time continuum. They way they showed it was through keeping the balls pointed at a certain spot, and noticed shifts.

Einstein said it would move something like 1.8% each year. He was about 0.0000000001% correct or something or other. I have the issue of Discover somewhere that had the article. It was the most recent issue.
>> Rakshasa
Yes, the Gravity Probe B has three of the most perfect spheres created by humans.

So the OP is incorrect, the image is _not_ of the roundest object in the world, unless you exclude those that happen to be orbiting earth.
>> Arcana !!SO2+on4drSn
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I have used my magical powers of magic and power to unwrap the sphere so you can see what the sphere sees or something...just because.
>> Anonymous
>>161361
You do realize of course that this sphere, being newer, could possibly be more, uh, rounder
than the three you just mentioned?
>> Anonymous
>>161351
>interferometers are really boring shit.
Yet they have a totally awesome name.

I want a scientific device that 'interfere's with people
>> Anonymous
Gravity Prob B : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gpb/index.html
>> Anonymous
>>161176
kill him!
>> Anonymous
Actually, if you shrunk the earth it wouldn't even be a sphere, considering its an oblique sphere-oid and all
>> Anonymous
>>161828

its pancake shape dumbass
>> Anonymous
Correction, Earth is an Oblate Sphere. I'm pretty sure "pancake shape" doesn't count as a geometric shape dipshit.
>> Anonymous
>>161838
The world is flat, you idiot. Everyone knows that.
>> Anonymous
>>161836
>>161842
Oh lawd, we got us some flat earthers from the boonies.
>> Anonymous
>>161022The roundest object in the world.

The real question is whether or not it's the hardest object in the world.
>> Anonymous
Silicon is the roundest metal known the man
>> Anonymous
that's one round square.
>> Anonymous
>>161867

Hardest metal known the man vs. Roundest metal known the man - what will happen?
>> Anonymous
you mean a diamond car vs a diamond wall vs a diamond sphere?
>> Anonymous
Its a god damn ball bearing