Roundest Objects in the World Created, Discussed at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference

New Scientist -- When asked by the Pope to demonstrate his artistic skill, 14th century Italian painter Giotto di Bondone supposedly drew a perfect circle freehand and said: “That’s more than enough.” Now, an international group of engineers and craftsmen has gone him one better and built a pair of nearly perfect spheres that are thought to be the roundest objects in the world.

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