Stars are spheres

Planets are spheres

Atoms are spheres

Butts? Well, those are just two spheres.

Why so many spheres?

Makes you think.

Edit: Fuck I made an orb pondering meme without even trying

  • cawsby [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    What is the most perfect non-quantum sphere?

    The surface of a neutron star slowed down after it has pulsed its last pulse seems a likely candidate. We know of a few thousand neutron stars and yet we estimate there are 200-300 million out there in the Milky Way. When they stop spinning they become practically invisible until they start feeding on something.

      • cawsby [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Neutrons still decay on the surface of all but the absolute largest of neutron stars, so that would perturb the sphericalness a bit. I have no idea how much energy is being released at the surface of a black hole's event horizon in the form of virtual particles comparatively.

        Bit beyond my ken.

        • Wheaties [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          I think it's exceptionally small. Waiting for a black hole to fizzle out from Hawking radiation is projected to take longer even than the heat- life & death of the universe

    • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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      3 years ago

      This thing's a pretty good sphere: https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kilogram/kilogram-silicon-spheres-and-international-avogadro-project