Tuesday, March 19, 2024

GCS

 I asked Perplexity about the Galactic Coordinate System. It sent me

wonderful visuals that make it clear:

                                                                    




                                                                                          

What was less clear in my mind was how to do the math on all this. Turns out

that the formula for the surface of a sphere is 4pi*r^2.


Archimedes asked for a sphere within a cube as a gravestone. His wish was granted...

                        

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