@neiltyson The only shape where each point on the exterior is equidistant from the center! Equal distance = equal pressure (gravity)! :)
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@neiltyson Is it really a sphere? I thought it was just close: tessellated pentagons and hexagons.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Is infinite past possible? Keep hearing "defies 2nd law of thermodynamics & impossibility of traversing infinite amount of time"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson so call it football and not soccer. -
@lsfagundes mas soccer é o nome do esporte -
@Matheus_Kajima então como que chamam aquele ovo de bola? -
@lsfagundes O nome do esporte é Association [Soccer] Football, pra diferenciar de Rugby Football e do Aussie Football que já existiam
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@neiltyson So you plan on making anymore "Great Courses" like The Inexplicable Universe -
@roy19d He has another, longer one called My Favorite Universe
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@roy19d from The Great Courses!
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@sableman Makes sense, again Thanks
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@neiltyson: Laws of physics describing gravity & energy conspire to make spheres (like the soccer ball) a common shape in the Universe.”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson We call it a football over here :)#IrelandThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson possible origins of calling a person a "square?"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@spaceygeek i would have though the oblate spheroid was far more common to to rotationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Years ago I read that carbon 60 and soccer balls have the same shape. True?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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