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    What is the difference between the circumference and the diameter of an orb or any round object?

    Question #111623. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Dec 21 09 7:59 PM)


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    		The circumference is the distance around the curved surface, following a great circle (that is, the largest circle you can find on it surface). The diameter of the object is the diameter of such a great circle.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere

    Dec 21 09, 10:14 PM

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