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ac918471 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 If it's not a circle, it wasn't a sphere.
But why are you asking?
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Vic | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Im curious what peoples response modes are and potential for explanation
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ac918471 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You could have made it difficult if you had omitted 'in two', which implies symmetrical and identical halves.
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ac918471 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Shoot, just read this and realised that it makes no difference for a sphere.  https://primal.net/e/note1fgpdhma589puznxd3m462nd8v0kvph03nkfqzugn90rnd5mxs6hqul5s7l
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ac918471 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I made a mistake interpreting 'in two', but came to realise it is irrelevant.
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ac918471 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 P.S. You can still get a circle from a non-spherical object, but if it ain't a circle it ain't a sphere.
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Vic | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yes. I can cut a cylinder or natural cone perpendicularly to get a circle, while other angles would yield an ellipse