From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!sri-unix!KING@KESTREL
Newsgroups: net.physics
Title: Re: Equinocturnal Egg Standing Phenomenon
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.771
Posted: Wed Mar 30 16:27:00 1983
Received: Sat Apr  2 04:46:26 1983

From:  Richard M. King <KING at KESTREL>

	I have no idea whether it is, indeed, possible to balance an egg on
its big end only at the equinox.  This requires careful testing.

	If it is true, I would rather suspect that the explaination rests in
the differing properties of eggs laid at different times of the year, rather
than in the truly minescule differences in the forces that the Sun exerts on
the egg during the equinox and at other times.  Obvious candidates include
radius of curvature, yolk position, yolk volume, and yolk density

						Dick
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