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Re: Balancing Eggs



On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Chuck Britton wrote:

Last night a student in my astronomy class came up with a new one--at
least to me.

She asked why it is that a raw egg can be balanced on end with relative

This TOTALLY WRONG. It is at the EQUINOXES that egg balancing is done!
(Of course, it is NO easier at any particular day or season, but the
equinox time has been touted as when the gravitational force of the sun is
balanced because of its position over the equator.) It is indeed some of
the less reputable 'folk lore' that abounds.

For more on this, check out the appropriate section of "Bad Astronomy" at
http://smart.net/~badastro/bad/eggy.html

or the Science Alliance page at
http://156.26.14.23/facsme/vernale.htm

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