does gravity affect the geometry of a falling snow flake and render it imperfecr?

Question

also can one consistantly repeat the same PERFECT geometric pattern of snowflakes and stack the same perfect snow flakes and creatye a PERFECT 3d image of perfect geometry ? Does the body or collections of snowflakes create PERFECT geometry? No, perfect geometry does not occur naturally

Answer 1

If something exists with an awesome blend of Grand Design and random chaos, in my opinion, the result is still perfect. And that it IS- that is perfection.

Answer 2

As water drops fall they freeze and become snowflakes. Since they are formed in free fall their formation is not affected by gravity. They are very small so air resistance doesn't effect them much either, except to keep them aloft longer. Snow is a crystal, and crystals form beautiful geometry. When a crystal is grown in microgravity (like aboard the Space Shuttle) we get the same results as you can with a snow flake. You can make superior ball bearings in space because as the steel cools it forms crystals and these crystals form better in a near zero gravity environment. Such a ball bearing is almost perfectly round.

Answer 3

The type of snowflake you are talking about occurs only in pretty specific conditions. Gravity doesn't change what happens though.

Now, that notion of no two snowflakes being alike. Pure baloney. We've just never found two alike, because we don't collect them all or have a "snowflake database".

Answer 4

i don't think gravity affects the geometry of a falling snow flake... remember f= mg (g is constant)... the higher the mass of an object, the greater the force of impact that would actually affect the geometry of that object.

perfect geometry naturally? not that i am aware of, however, i know of a perfect body...