/sci/ - Science & Math

Actually, if the composition of Earth is malleable enough, it could perceivably form a torus when spun fast enough.

Whether the composition IS conducive to this, I do not know and don't care enough to find out.

Image copyright by me.

I'd like to propose a bold new plan to gain access to more resources on Earth while at the same time gaining easier access to space.

We increase Earth's spin, so that it first flattens out and then forms a torus.

The redistribution of mass will bring all those delicious heavy metals, rare earths and radionuclides closer to the surface and the spin will make space launches from the outside surface a breeze.

The insolence of the heretic who made that pic!!

No, earth have 1 hole. No corner.

For error I am sage.

>>2455973
NO, I'M IMPLYING DONUTS WITHIN DONUTS WITHIN DONUTS

>>2399730
Even with the higher boundary, the amount of debris entering the atmosphere would have raised the mass of Earth about .0048% since the planet coalesced from rock dust.

Thermal expansion is ridiculous since the planet is cooling down instead of heating up.

Also, from the faunt of knowledge:
>Paleomagnetic data has been used to calculate that the radius of the Earth 400 million years ago was 102 ± 2.8% of today's radius. Furthermore, examinations of earth's moment of inertia suggest that there has been no significant change of earth's radius in the last 620 million years.

And furthermore, if the Earth was expanding, the world inside the hollow globe would be cooling down, making life there impossible. And since we're not being swamped by invading snakemen from from underground, I can safely say that Expanding-Earth meme is bullshit.

And finally, fucking captcha.