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Q&A What would days and nights look like on this cylindrical world?

This is yet another "literal worldbuilding" question, as in, building worlds. Inspired, in part, by this question. What if this world is a very long (effectively infinite) hollow cylindrical cavit...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Yuriy S‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Yuriy S‭

Question day-night alternate-worlds nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A Sun-like sky objects in a flat world?

I'm positing a non-planetary world but within Euclidean space. This world has things that resemble mountains (but probably not plate tectonics). Elevation varies considerably, but on average it is ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by John O‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by John O‭

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Q&A What would the problems with / consequences of a torus shaped planet be?

Take a torus planet: It has the structure of a normal planet (ours): The diagram is not to scale. Assume similar proportions of Crust:Mantle:Cores as the Earth. Is has a similar volume (close...

5 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Tim‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Tim‭

Question planets evolution water gravity water-bodies nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A What colour would a flat world's sky be?

In continuation of my previous question, I'm wondering about the colour of a flat world's sky. To recap the previous question, I'm imagining a flat world with the sun fixed relatively low above th...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Haem‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Haem‭

Question sunlight nonspherical-worlds light
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Q&A Air Pressure in a Purely Underground Setting

I'm working on a completely flat, underground world, where "world" means "universe" rather than the equivalent of "planet". Here's what I have so far: The world is a flat, apparently infinite (in...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Kinxer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Kinxer‭

Question physics underground nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A Penumbra colors of a flat earth's sun-shades

So, I have been watching a lot of flat-earth debunking videos on YouTube, which has tickled my world-building bone. So, I'm imagining a world with a sphere of sunlight-level luminosity hanging rela...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Haem‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Haem‭

Question sunlight nonspherical-worlds light
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Q&A How to get earth like conditions with a Hollow-World?

For my space-fantasy setting I'm considering using the concept of Hollow-Worlds. I devised in-universe reasons for the presence of a day night and season cycle. The Hollow-world's "Inner-sun" cy...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Trismegistus‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Trismegistus‭

Question earth-like climate reality-check earth nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A How to avoid infinite gravity

I have a world I want to put together but I ran into a problem. Description This world is a cube infinite in all directions, exactly half of it is full of earth and half is space (where we see n...

8 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by unknown‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by unknown‭

Question environment reality-check gravity nonspherical-worlds
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Rigorous Science Would planets be cubic in my "cuboverse"?

Summary The main idea behind the "cuboverse" is that spacetime distances are measured by (something close to) the sup norm or infinity norm. Under this norm, spheres (the set of points at a fixed ...

10 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by pregunton‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by pregunton‭

Question physics nonspherical-worlds alien-geometry
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Q&A How could there be a horizon on a flat earth?

I'm building a world that happens to be flat. Well, it has hills and mountains, but no curvature. However, I still want to limit the eyesight to a few kilometers even if there are no hills around....

12 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by PatJ‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by PatJ‭

Question physics nonspherical-worlds light
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Q&A How would a civilization that has been living on a "cube" Earth differ from one on a "spherical" Earth?

Another question based off of this one here. Let's say on a cube styled Earth-like planet, there was a similar race to humans. If the differences in the planets were minimal (besides, you know, the...

5 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Shadow Z.‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Shadow Z.‭

Question earth-like reality-check planets earth nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A Can a nonspherical planet exist and can it be habitable?

In both fiction and non-fiction worlds, that attempt to keep a sense of realism, planets are spherical. Is it possible for a planet to not be shaped like a sphere? If such a planet is possible...

11 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Shadow Z.‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Shadow Z.‭

Question reality-check planets nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A What would be some differences in the environment if the sun were always at the same point in the sky?

My fantasy world consists of a flat plane, with the sun affixed to a point directly over the main continent. This sun powers down to create night conditions, and then powers up again in the morning...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by rmtcrcdl‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by rmtcrcdl‭

Question environment biology geography nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A The effects of gravitational pull in a solar system with a pendulum Sun

Imagine a world whose sun is swinging like a pendulum above a flat surface. This is a sketch of the diagram. A complete cycle lasts twenty-four (24) hours (from an end to the other and back aga...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by MoholyNagy‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by MoholyNagy‭

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Q&A Infinite tube world

I'm inspired by this question and was thinking that it is nigh impossible for sun, moon and star to exist in this world and even if they do, there is no way to sun and moon to orbit and create day-...

7 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Deepak‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Deepak‭

Question environment physics gravity nonspherical-worlds alien-geometry
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Q&A Where would the Sun and Moon be within a flat Earth world?

Where would the Sun and Moon be on a flat Earth? Imagine a world similar to the flat domed depiction of the Earth with a Biblical Firmament all around it. If you don't know what that is, let me e...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by WaterFire .RTH‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by WaterFire .RTH‭

Question orbital-mechanics solar-system nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A What would be the conditions and causes that would make a planet not spherical?

Introduction I have been looking for information on the Internet. I have discovered that the shape of the planets is due to the gravity to which they are subjected, so they are spheres (,but they ...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Gawey‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Gawey‭

Question planets alternate-worlds nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A Can a cube world have magnetic poles?

Say that you have a cuboid "planet" that can retain its shape. Can it have a cubical iron core (as opposed to the spherical one described in this question) and generate a magnetic field? Would the ...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by System‭

Question reality-check planets magnetism nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A Is a spherical core and magnetic field possible in Cube world

Pretty self explanatory question...can the Cube Earth described at the link below support a spherical core and a magnetic field? How would a civilization that has been living on a "cube" Earth di...

4 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Twelfth‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Twelfth‭

Question earth-like reality-check planets earth nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A Water On A World That Is Flat?

For my fantasy world, I have what I think is a really cool idea. The world is flat, and elliptical in shape. If you touch the silvery edge, well, let's just say bad things will happen. (Not relevan...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Xandar The Zenon‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Xandar The Zenon‭

Question nonspherical-worlds ocean
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Q&A How can I prevent a cube world from going spherical

Cube worlds are cool and many people like them but unfortunately, they are less than feasible. Does this have to be this way though? What factors could lead to the creation of a roughly cube shape...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Uncle Tres‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Uncle Tres‭

Question space reality-check physics nonspherical-worlds
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Q&A Meeting other sides of a cube world, cheapest method?

Lets say that somehow a cube world came into being, on an axial tilt around its sun, four of the sides are in-habituated by intelligent life, one of these sides (relatively) quickly realized that t...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Uncle Tres‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Uncle Tres‭

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Q&A Planet with infinite overlapping surface on an axis, problems of the concept

I'm beginning to build a world for a story I want to write. The world consists of a planet, roughly earthsized, with a couple of natural satellites (moons), and roughly same orbit and a similar sta...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Helwar‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Helwar‭

Question environment physics nonspherical-worlds science-fiction