A Physicist discusses a cubical Earth

[isomage]

Thought this was interesting.

http://www.askamathematician.com/2011/05/q-what-would-earth-be-like-to-us-if-it-were-a-cube-instead-of-spherical-is-this-even-possible/

[Elemental_Elf]

Darn cool stuff!

Love the idea that each face could be completely independent of all the others.

[Weave]

I love looking at weird stuff like this; it makes me want to develop settings around it.

I had recently looked into what  world would experience if it lacked a moon... pretty nifty stuff.

[Hibou]

I did a mathematical model of a setting on a moon orbiting a Saturn-like planet for SamuraiChicken a while ago. That was a very enlightening experience. It was a bit different I suppose, where I was looking at an Earth-sized moon around a Saturn, but I think it's still relevant to the discussion.

Something I've actually been itching to get started on this topic: maybe a column discussing possible arrangements of planetary systems and how they'd interact, for those who want to have a lot of realism in their settings.

[Ninja D!]

I did a mathematical model of a setting on a moon orbiting a Saturn-like planet for SamuraiChicken a while ago. That was a very enlightening experience. It was a bit different I suppose, where I was looking at an Earth-sized moon around a Saturn, but I think it's still relevant to the discussion.

Something I've actually been itching to get started on this topic: maybe a column discussing possible arrangements of planetary systems and how they'd interact, for those who want to have a lot of realism in their settings.

This is something that would be very interesting but I would have no ability whatsoever to contribute in any meaningful way.