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Title: Physics of a Torus World (Article)
Post by: Xathan on February 04, 2014, 11:05:02 PM
Thought this would be interesting for you all to take a look at:

http://io9.com/what-would-the-earth-be-like-if-it-was-the-shape-of-a-d-1515700296 (http://io9.com/what-would-the-earth-be-like-if-it-was-the-shape-of-a-d-1515700296)

It goes into the physics of a torus shaped world and seasons and whatnot. Most interesting thing, in my opinion: gravity would not be consistent across the entire world, and the orbit of a moon would get crazy wonky.
Title: Re: Physics of a Torus World (Article)
Post by: SA on March 14, 2014, 05:06:16 AM
I'm gonna use this.