Re: Anyone have an answer?

On Fri, 11 May 2007 18:41:20 +0800, "Lysdexic" wrote:
one particular observation was equated
with the area of a dime at 75 feet, how many of those areas would there be
in the total sky, northern and southern hemispheres?

It is a poor analogy, a dime, nor any other circular area, does not
tile the surface of a sphere :(

One could also ask " err, wots this dime thing anyhow" !
We're British dont'y'know,,,
stands back whilst everyone does Hubble in 10pees.



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