Burning curiosity: If asteroids are hemispheric, why aren't they called "hemorrhoids," and why aren't hemorrhoids called "asteroids?"
2007-11-15 15:42:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Your question is based upon a false premise.
Asteroids are not hemispheric.
Hemi is defined as meaning half. As in one half of a sphere.
Hemorrhoids are so called due to the prefix hemo which means blood. As in a blood lesion or a blood growth.
Asteroids are so called due to the prefix aster which means star or starlike.
2007-11-15 16:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by Troasa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asteroids are not hemispheric at all. There seems to be a point at which an accreting mass will become spherical, which is somewhere in the upper range of the the pseudo- or real diameter of the asteroids. As one who suffers from hemorroids once in a while, I sure hope asteroids are soft.
2007-11-15 16:20:27 · answer #2 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blimey this one's a bit old isn't it?
Have you been reading papyrus scrolls from Tutankhamen's tomb again?
2007-11-15 18:52:31 · answer #3 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, someone beat you to it. Quite a few people, actually. If you've heard a joke, chances are it's already old.
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2007-11-15 16:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋