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Why the fuck are planets globular?

Anonymous Sat 08 May 13:57:31 2021 No.13098172 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13098347 >>13098382

Why aren't there any fucked up looking shapes the size of planets orbiting the sun?

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 14:00:15 No.13098182 Report

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https://youtu.be/Aj6Kc1mvsdo?t=6m30s

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 14:49:33 No.13098347 Report

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>>13098172
Gravity smooths out any glob that is sufficiently massive.

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 15:03:24 No.13098382 Report

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>>13098172
When a body is massive enough, the gravity from its center pulls everything towards it and forms a sphere. In things like asteroids, the gravity isn't strong enough

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Anonymous Sat 08 May 2021 15:10:57 No.13098407 Report

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I bet if you jumped on an asteroid it would take you a year to get back to the surface. Lol.

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