colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 hours 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-square31fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up137arrow-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 hours agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDoubleDongle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoThe further you are from the center, the more skewed the gravity would be towards the center. I think that as the diameter approaches infinity while the thickness stays the same, that evens out a lot, but it will never become perfect near the edges.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoThat is to say, the flat planet will feel like a bowl, because the further out you are the more steeply sloped it is relative to the pull of gravity.
The further you are from the center, the more skewed the gravity would be towards the center. I think that as the diameter approaches infinity while the thickness stays the same, that evens out a lot, but it will never become perfect near the edges.
That is to say, the flat planet will feel like a bowl, because the further out you are the more steeply sloped it is relative to the pull of gravity.