Why are the Planets almost round?

[Richard Burns]

Mercury has some odd cracks but the surface is fairly regular, Venus shows a lot of volcanic activity (we think) so cracks would vanish, Earth has the the great rift valley down Africa that is a massive split in the surface, but probably not from a collision, Mars has strange features but no significantly large cracks, the gas giants show no solid surface features, though some of their satellites have large cracks like Enceladus (or possibly Europa always get them mixed up) that appears as a cracked glass surface. Pluto may have been struck at some point based on the Horizons information.

 

[Midwest]

Still think Google had a spike in astrophysics searches yesterday. Bet some of you found out about cubic planets.

 

[Midwest]

Here's my proof;

https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?img...O7cAhVrK8AKHYLtAokQMwg9KAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8

 

[Intoelectrics]

Still think Google had a spike in astrophysics searches yesterday. Bet some of you found out about cubic planets.

Some of us are keen amateur cosmologists I've been fascinated with the cosmos since a young lad. I don't claim to be an expert by any measure but I've read and studied enough to get a grasp of the basics. But everyday I learn a bit more and still get wowed by the details.

The universe is a massive and amazing place and we haven't even scratched the surface of discovery yet.

Just to give you an idea of the immensity, there are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches combined, here on Earth. There is a good chance that the majority of those stars have planets orbiting them (hundreds have been detected so far) so imagine how many planets there could be!

 

[Darkwood]

Astronomy, physics and Quantum weirdness were my subjects of interest and I still enjoy reading up on them, @SWD - yes I get invited to plenty of parties but the women are the nerdy type wearing glasses and tipping them down with a sultry gaze while uttering the word 'MOLECULES!'.

 

[Intoelectrics]

Astronomy, physics and Quantum weirdness were my subjects of interest and I still enjoy reading up on them, @SWD - yes I get invited to plenty of parties but the women are the nerdy type wearing glasses and tipping them down with a sultry gaze while uttering the word 'MOLECULES!'.

Hey there's something about there nerdy ones that often makes them sexy

 

[telectrix]

i'm not really a party animal:

 

[Pete999]

Some of us are keen amateur cosmologists I've been fascinated with the cosmos since a young lad. I don't claim to be an expert by any measure but I've read and studied enough to get a grasp of the basics. But everyday I learn a bit more and still get wowed by the details.

The universe is a massive and amazing place and we haven't even scratched the surface of discovery yet.

Just to give you an idea of the immensity, there are more stars in the observable universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches combined, here on Earth. There is a good chance that the majority of those stars have planets orbiting them (hundreds have been detected so far) so imagine how many planets there could be!

Hey there's something about there nerdy ones that often makes them sexy

Chauvinist. mind you you are correct.

 

[Pete999]

I made a mistake in saying most planets are circular, the exception being "The Borg Cube"

 

[Pete999]

Chauvinist. mind you you are correct.

An example

 

[Intoelectrics]

I made a mistake in saying most planets are circular, the exception being "The Borg Cube"

"resistance is futile, you will be assimilated"
7of9 is one sexy ex borg

 

[telectrix]

I made a mistake in saying most planets are circular, the exception being "The Borg Cube"

but is the borg cube a planet? it does not spin, but moves in a controlled direction determined by the collective, so it's a helicopter, No?

 

[Pete999]

but is the borg cube a planet? it does not spin, but moves in a controlled direction determined by the collective, so it's a helicopter, No?

No Tel it's a Stealth Circle, designed to confuse Star Fleet Command, mind you they are in the Delta Quadrant so things could be different there, where is 7 of 9 when you need her?