You're thinking of Hydrostatic Equilibrium and while Newton did conceive of it as far as it pertains to fluid dynamics, it was later mathematicians that derived the equations that pertain to stellar bodies.
In this case, what is happening is the disk planet is getting clattered by an asteroid and transferring momentum, causing it to spin like a flipped coin. This causes the ground to rotate "down" and out from under the poor unsuspecting dinos. On the other side however, the disk would be rotating "up" and into their feet, crushing them.
However if such a disk were flipped the extra velocity of the rotation would cause the bonds to collapse more quickly increasing the speed at which it would form back into a sphere.
The flat disk shape would be near impossible to form with the exception of small asteroids which the Earth is most certainly not.
Well yeah, I was sort of arguing the semantics for a thought experiment... and, well, the lols.
You are correct. If a large artificial disk, (an alien superstructure) were impacted and destroyed, the debris would likely reform sphericaly, or nearly so.
In fact, I don't think it would take much. If it were massive enough, it would already be "trying" to collapse to equilibrium and need to be "propped up" to prevent it. Compromise that, and it would collapse.
You're thinking of Hydrostatic Equilibrium and while Newton did conceive of it as far as it pertains to fluid dynamics, it was later mathematicians that derived the equations that pertain to stellar bodies.
In this case, what is happening is the disk planet is getting clattered by an asteroid and transferring momentum, causing it to spin like a flipped coin. This causes the ground to rotate "down" and out from under the poor unsuspecting dinos. On the other side however, the disk would be rotating "up" and into their feet, crushing them.
The flat disk shape would be near impossible to form with the exception of small asteroids which the Earth is most certainly not.
You are correct. If a large artificial disk, (an alien superstructure) were impacted and destroyed, the debris would likely reform sphericaly, or nearly so.
In fact, I don't think it would take much. If it were massive enough, it would already be "trying" to collapse to equilibrium and need to be "propped up" to prevent it. Compromise that, and it would collapse.
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