Comments on: China releases images of Earth and Moon, taken by its Tianwen-2 asteroid probe https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-releases-images-of-earth-and-moon-taken-by-its-tianwen-2-asteroid-probe/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:38:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-releases-images-of-earth-and-moon-taken-by-its-tianwen-2-asteroid-probe/#comment-1604972 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:38:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=115225#comment-1604972 A ball like cage with an interior that rolls around–heavy side down

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-releases-images-of-earth-and-moon-taken-by-its-tianwen-2-asteroid-probe/#comment-1604896 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:25:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=115225#comment-1604896 “Professor Gabor Domokos called the monostable tetrahedron “Bille.””

Could have gone with “Weebles” using a more traditional weighted geometry that is monostable in a gravity field.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-releases-images-of-earth-and-moon-taken-by-its-tianwen-2-asteroid-probe/#comment-1604740 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:40:53 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=115225#comment-1604740 Nice article today at phys.org

“New geometry discovery could stop lunar landers from falling over.”

Professor Gabor Domokos called the monostable tetrahedron “Bille.”

No word as to whether it wears socks under sandals, drinks juice out of a paper box, or eats hot dogs without the bun.

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