|
This is an nteresting read...
http://einstein.stanford.edu/TECH/technology1.html
The roundest thing we ever made... a gyroscope. This particular gyroscope has roundness so perfect that the only thing we know of that is more spherical is a neutron star.
There's an interesting point that says that if that gyroscope were to be scaled up to Earth size, then the tallest mountains would be 8 feet tall.
That shows both the incredible level of perfection they've achieved, and that the imperfections still exist in something so amazingly spherical.
|