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In a previous article, scrutnzr@inforamp.net (Jim May) said:
>> >Well, one thing that I'm sure would make a huge difference is to
>remember that
>> >the dimples on a golf ball are on a hexagonal grid, not a square one.
>> 
>
>You are definitely on the right track, W.T., except that I would say that
>it's the _points_ that make that pattern.  Most of the modern golf balls
>have a pattern where each dimple is surrounded by six others, _except_ at
>certain main points, which have _five_.  The main points are at the center

That's what happens if you grid a sphere with a hexagonal grid.  You get 5
triangles/dimples/whatevers surround the ones that are on the corners of the
icosahedron(?).  Look at a geodesic dome, for instance.


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