Questions tagged [nonspherical-worlds]
Worlds (“planets”) that are not spherical in shape. Includes cubeworlds, infinite planes, and any of Slartibartfast’s novelties. NOT for ordinary spherical habitats.
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Artificial Satellites Orbit Around a Cube with Uniform Surface Gravity
A cube-world with uniform surface gravity has been made using extremely strong materials of varying densities, and is orbiting a star, rotating on a axis between two corners (like spinning a d6). Due ...
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climate on a hemispherical planet (a planet cut in half) [closed]
An earth-sized planet has been cut in half along a meridian by higher beings. The gravity is experienced the same as if the other half was still there. Let's say there's a big magic wall that prevents ...
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How would a cube-moon orbit a Cube-World with uniform surface gravity?
A cube-world with uniform surface gravity has been made using extremely strong materials of varying densities, and is orbiting a star, rotating on a axis between two corners (like spinning a d6). Due ...
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How would weather on a Cube-World with uniform surface gravity behave?
In a cube-world with uniform surface gravity with mildly rounded corners, how would weather behave? The Cube-world is roughly earth-sized, with the edges rounded by about a hundred kilometers. Gravity ...
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Crafting a Water Cycle for a Cube World with State-dependant Gravity
So I have a cube world with the standard 6 sides, with a top and bottom that do not change. We can ignore any rotation of the other side-sides for the sake of this question. I am trying to come up ...
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Can a cube-shaped(ish) world have uniform(ish) gravity when composed of ideal materials, including antimass?
I'm trying to design a cube world while sticking somewhat closeish to real physics, but am not entirely sure about the physics involved with objects of non-uniform density, specifically as relates to ...
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World built inside a gigantic drainage pipe
I'm doing a Pratchett style fantasy book, and the setting - the Downspout - is built in a downspout of an astronomically sized gutter drain pipe.
We're assuming an impossibly large structure housing ...
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Would two people standing on opposite sides of a flat world be able to see the same constellations?
Quick drawing illustrating what I mean:
Two people (humanoids, between 1 and 2 metres tall) are standing on the ends (less than 1km from the edge) of opposite faces of a flat world (approximately ...
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Measuring Time in a World Where the Sun Never Sets
First time here, so I don't know what to expect.
I'm writing a dark sci fi mystery story that takes place on a hypothetical megastructure called an "Alderson Disk" (Example seen Below). ...
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A world like an ice-cream sandwich?
Ice-cream sandwich is the only way to describe the world I am thinking of making. There's flat land above, flat land below and mountains all around. The light comes from stars that hover in the middle ...
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Inside an o'Neill cylinder, would an enclosed room feel the same "gravity" as an open space?
I know that the "gravity" in an O'Neill Cylinder is from Centrifugal effect. Calculated by:
F=mω^2r
F is centrifugal Force
m is the Mass
ω is the Angular velocity
r is the distance from ...
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Navigation on a flat earth
I'm trying to come up with ways to find one's bearings on a flat world. Here's a mock-up map I have used on the two previous discussions on the topic.
So, we have a flat plane with a sun relatively ...
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Map projection for a pseudospherical world
A pseudosphere (or antisphere or tractricoid) has a surface of constant negative Gaussian curvature, in contrast to a sphere, which has constant positive Gaussian curvature.
Source: http://xahlee....
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What happens if a point of a ringworld is at perigee? [closed]
Imagine the center of gravity of a ringworld is exactly at the center of mass of a star, there is no other massive objects so I wonder how do ringworld avoid drifting off and what happens if it has a ...
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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 cavity ...
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