On 12 May 2007 21:48:41 GMT, (Richard Tobin) wrote:

In article ,
WaltA wrote:

one particular observation was equated
with the area of a dime at 75 feet, how many of those areas would there be
in the total sky, northern and southern hemispheres?

It is a poor analogy, a dime, nor any other circular area, does not
tile the surface of a sphere

They do to a within about 15%.

Arghhh!! Spoilsport , that was going to be my next brain-teaser for
the group " how much is left over going spare " !!