colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWould a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareWould a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoEvery planetoid from about a third of the mass of the moon upwards is going to be ovoid rather than flat, because of the impact of its own gravity on its shape.
Every planetoid from about a third of the mass of the moon upwards is going to be ovoid rather than flat, because of the impact of its own gravity on its shape.