Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site houxz.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!houxz!halle1 From: halle1@houxz.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies.sw Subject: Re: Spherical shape of the Death Star Message-ID: <331@houxz.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 15:36:47 EDT Article-I.D.: houxz.331 Posted: Mon Jul 18 15:36:47 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 13:30:49 EDT References: <187@wdl1.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 12 Spy would never make it as one. He is wrong on all counts. The star is not solid but full of emptyness, so to speak. Consequently, the fact that the surface is small relative to the volume is important. This is true for all levels of the Death Star, if you think of it as successive shells. Also, there is no significant gravitation from the mass of the star. Its size is no bigger than a small planet, and its density is many orders of magnitude less. Consequently, gravity is unmeasureable. In addition, as you get closer to the center of mass, the gravitational attraction decreases, reaching zero at the center. Thus the spherical shape has no measurable effect on the gravitational fields.