From: utzoo!decvax!cca!KING@KESTREL@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: FTL: re: Poul Andersons method. Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2505 Posted: Fri Aug 6 13:46:35 1982 Received: Sun Aug 8 09:04:51 1982 It's not that non-spherical stars refute the assertion that space is curved. It is that possible imperfections in the Sun's shape could provide an alternate hypothesis as to why Mercury's orbit wasn't a closed ellipse. I seem to remember that he discovered some imperfections in the Sun's shape, but they were'nt enough and his apparatus's accuracy is subject to question in the scientific community. Dick