Talk:2750: Flatten the Planets

I have to wonder, would you slide down to the sun, or be flung outwards? SDSpivey (talk) 19:39, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

The discs are centered on the orbit of the parent planet, and presumably rotating at the same frequency as the parent planet's orbit. That means the inner edge of each disc is going slower than you'd need to orbit the Sun at that distance, and the outer edge faster. If you moved inward from the original planet's orbit, the Sun's gravity would pull you in, but when you crossed the boundary to the next disc, you'd get flung back outward.162.158.62.61 19:58, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

No Each planet fills out the space within their orbit into the next planet. Easy to see as the outer edge of Neptune's orbit is the same as with the planet flattened. There is a distance from Mercury to the Sun indicated. Maybe because it would melt if it got any closer? --Kynde (talk) 20:03, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

First, they're rings not discs, but I'm skeptical of the math. And it looks to me like the rings edges are halfway between the orbits, with Neptune extended outwards the same distance as halfway to Uranus's orbit. 172.69.22.4 20:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Planet	Volume (1010 km3)	Orbital radius (106 km)	halfway to prior	halfway to next	Annulus area (10^6 km^2)
Mercury	6.1	58	29	83	19000
Venus	9.3	108	83	129	30637
Earth	10.8	150	129	189	59942
Mars	1.6	228	189	504	685794
Jupiter	1431	779	504	1107	3051847
Saturn	827	1434	1107	2154	10726236
Uranus	68	2873	2154	3684	28061145
Neptune	63	4495	3684	5304	45743348

This makes about as much sense as other Flat Earth theories. 172.70.200.137 20:00, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

But this would actually be a flat Earth. Albeit with a rather larger surface area ;-) --Kynde (talk) 20:03, 15 March 2023 (UTC)