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How large of a difference in gravitational potential would there be between the peaks and troughs of the crumples, and how does that compare to the topology of Earth?

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The same as normal Earth, same as you would compare a mountain to a valley. Essentially the same conditions we live under, but with a different landscape. What most intrigues me is the idea of a piece sticking out, a kind of land peninsula in space. Would one side be hours ahead of the other? I understand that this is highly unlikely, but let's pretend it happened.

 

Crumple up a piece of paper and you can see why I ask, the nooks and crannies provide for an interesting (although hypothetical) environment.

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I see. The answer to your question is, yes... There would be a relative difference between the peak and the valley, but it's no where near as large as you imply. It's more on the order of a nanosecond than anything even closely resembling long periods like hours. In much the same way, we experience slight time dilation when flying on an airplane (see Hefele-Keating experiment), but it's so small as to be disregardable.

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