Fellow Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 All big planets are spheres, but it's interesting to think what kind of gravity it would occur on the different parts of the surface of other shaped planets. For example cube, cylinder, cone, pancake or torus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I'm assuming you mean hypothetically speaking? You could probably model that on a home PC without too much trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 no, they are oblique spheroids, not spheres. and the only planet shapes will be gravitationally stable ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowbagger Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 For example cube, cylinder, cone, pancake or torus Or sea-turtle-and-elephants shaped. I really would like to see the look on the astronomers faces if they found that one Any Pratchett readers here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Great A'tuin isn't really a planet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeXeN Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Well, what if the planet was positioned in such a way that its neighboring celestial bodies' gravity deformed the planet? You could probably model this on a computer and make any shape you wanted by changing the positions and gravities of the surrounding bodies..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowbagger Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Great A'tuin isn't really a planet A celestial body (or maybe it should be bodies in this case) then. Have you ever thought about the fact that the discworlds sun is weird enough to warm up the rim instead of the hub, when it should be doing the opposite? The hub is of course exposed to more sunlight than the rim. Or maybe there should be large deserts on the rim because of the sun passing so close by? A great ice waterfall "falling" out in space, now THAT would be beautiful. Having elephant legs standing in your way maybe messes up your sense of physics Or there is simply a lot of magic there. Or narrativium. Or just Terry telling me to get a life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 The elephants cock their legs to allow the sun to pass duder. It says so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowbagger Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Exactly. The legs are in the way so they have to move them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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