Timeline for Resolving Environmental Implications of an Extremely Massive Mountain
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| Nov 13, 2014 at 1:02 | comment | added | Oldcat | A flat disk earth would not be stable under Newtonian Gravity, so this world must have something else. It would also have very little mass compared to a globe, Therefore air pressure and so on might not behave the same way as on earth. | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 13:20 | comment | added | Brian S | Rotation is not an issue, as this is not a globe. (The sun literally flies from east to west overhead, then pops into what is effectively hammer space to begin the journey again the next day.) Interesting points, though. | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 8:29 | comment | added | Tim B | Yes, it also wouldn't be at rotational velocity so a stone thrown from the top of the mountain would just fall... | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 5:19 | comment | added | Mark | A mountain only 600 miles high isn't tall enough to cause the top to break away due to rotational speed. You only get that once you reach a height of 22,000 miles or so, where the rotational velocity is on the order of the orbital velocity (aka. geosynchronous orbit). | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 2:16 | history | answered | Twelfth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |