David Fontaine wrote in message <3887E47B.BE646AFB@faricy.net>...
>> Why ? Assuming an object at rest with a uniform shell, and a way to
ignite
>> the exploives it contained in a uniform manner perhaps it might appear as
>> a spherical blast. Given that the container may have different
thicknesses
>> and the explosives my ignite non-unifomrly, and the whole container may
>> not be at rest, then it is safe to assume that you will not get a
spherical
>> detonation.
>
>I see. Actually I worded that entirely wrong, I was thinking more along the
lines of
>Star Trek "collapsing stars". Those should be, right?
>


Nope, stars spin (at different rates for different lattitudes) hence (due to
physics that I have forgotten) the explosion will not be uniform.

Think of ring nebulae caused by collapsing red giants.

Gail
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