Editing 3086: Globe Safety

{{comic
| number    = 3086
| date      = May 7, 2025
| title     = Globe Safety
| image     = globe_safety_2x.png
| imagesize = 255x448px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = Frankly, given their extreme gravitational fields and general instability, even 12-inch globes should probably be banned.
}}

==Explanation==
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The {{w|Schwarzschild radius}} of a given object is the radius of the {{w|event horizon}} of a {{w|black hole}} with the mass of that object. The Schwarzschild radius of the earth is about 0.35 inches (0.889 cm), meaning if you could hypothetically compress the Earth into a ball that small it would collapse into a black hole (among other effects). This would be bad{{cn}}.

{{w|Globes}}, in this context, are miniature recreations of planet Earth, used to show its features without any of the [[977: Map Projections|typical problems of a flat map]]. [[Randall]] claims that safety standards are in place to ensure that globes are not manufactured at below, or close to, the Schwarzschild radius of the Earth. The suggestion is that any globe of the Earth shares the same mass as the Earth and hence the same Schwarzschild radius. This would indicate that globes are made by creating a literal 1:1 replica of Earth and then compressing it until it has the required size. This would, of course, give the most perfect maps; however, for each globe like this put on Earth, the Earth's mass would increase by its original amount.

The title text suggests that globes up to 12-inches (30.48 cm) should be banned, due to their extreme density and gravitational field. Since they would have the same mass as the Earth, they would exert massive catastrophic gravitational forces on the Earth itself (as well as its satellites, other planets, etc.). However, this would be true for Earth-mass globes of any size, so the 12 inch cut-off would be no less arbitrary than the 4 inch one.

==Transcript==
:[A standard globe of the Earth is shown. It stands on a typical stand which holds it by two arms at the poles, so it can turn around like the Earth does. The Earth is turned so it shows Australia at the bottom and most of Asia, including the entire India to the left. Only the very tip of Alaska can bee seen of the Americas. Above the globe there is a double arrow that goes to two small lines that align with the edges of the globe (indicating the diameter). The arrow has been split in the middle and two lines of text is written in the gab. Above this text there is another line of text.]
:Remember:
:4 inches minimum

:[Beneath the globe there are two small drawings. The left shows the Earth and to the left of the Earth there is a double arrow ending at two lines that indicated the diameter of the Earth going from top to bottom. The distance of this is written in inches to the left. From the Earth an arrow points to another drawing, this time the typical depiction of a black hole, with the "hat" shape. A warning sign is shown a the top right of the black hole with an exclamation mark inside.]
:7/10"
[Caption Below the Panel:]
The Earth's Schwarzschild radius is about 0.35 inches, which is why safety regulations require desktop globes to be at least 4 inches in diameter.

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