From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!jnw
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.rumor
Title: Equinocturnal Egg Standing Phenomenon
Article-I.D.: uvacs.557
Posted: Tue Mar 29 15:27:41 1983
Received: Wed Mar 30 06:31:04 1983


Armchair physicists and Ph.D.s, explain this one!
    I've been told that the only time you can balance an egg on its big end
is at the equinox.  I've seen demonstrations of the fact that eggs do
balance on end at the equinox and have never seen an egg balance on end
when it is not the equinox.
    Is the folklore concerning the equinox correct?  If so, WHY?  Several
wild ideas have been posed around here concerning the juxtaposition of the
earth's axis and the sun at the equinox, but they don't seem to hold water.
    I think this is probably of general interest if someone has an
explanation, so if you KNOW why this works (or if it's a lie) please
reply to the net.
Thanx.
				joe wilson
				Univ. of Virginia
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