November 1884. A great report was continuously printed in the American newspaper New York Times . Swiss 'astronomer' Louis Vilmar Arndt (Louis Vilmar Arndt) claimed to have discovered a spherical planet. Not far away, the planet's orbit follows that of Neptune. Not even 100 years have passed, another such discovery came forward. This time, the inventor was not satisfied with just making a claim. He drew the map of the planet and the replicas of its inhabitants.

Earth is spherical

A long time has passed since then. So far no cubic planets have been found beyond Neptune. Not only that, scientists have not found any cube-shaped planet in spite of using all the latest instruments. Many man-made spacecraft, large and small, have flown by almost every planet in the solar system. Scientists have also observed the moons of the planets. All round. The question is, why?

We have to go back in time to know the answer. About 4 and a half million years ago. A hot star—the Sun—is just forming from a huge cloud of dust and gas called a nebula. The strong gravitational force of this star has pulled all the surrounding dust into itself. Clouds relatively distant from the stars; Those that did not fall directly into the star became a swirling ring of dust. Here the star's gravitational force is not strong enough to pull it in on itself. And not even zero that will be lost in the distant space. This balanced ring therefore revolves around the star.

After some time, various parts of this swirling dust and gas cloud began to accumulate in large piles. As these piles grew, their point of gravity became stronger. Again, due to the strengthening of the point of gravity, more dust was added to the piles around. This is a great cycle. This is how the planet was created. Dust around the center of gravity was accumulating due to gravity. The rotation due to the sun's attraction was there.

These piles started to form balanced spheres. While making bread, we roll the dough round like this. However, later the shape of the planet changed slightly due to various reasons. That's another discussion. In short, this is the reason why planets are round. In one sentence, the force of gravity acts equally on all spherical objects. That is why the planets are round.

Because the Earth is spherical, the force of gravity is almost the same everywhere on its surface. For this, the center of mass of the sphere is at the very center. And the distance from the center in any direction to the surface of the sphere is equal. As a result, wherever you are on Earth, you can stand upright along the center of the Earth on flat ground.

But what would happen if the Earth's gravitational force was not equal everywhere on the surface? I am saying this because the distance from the center of mass of the cube to its surface is not equal. The distance from the center of mass of a cube to the midpoint of any of its surfaces is the shortest. As one moves away from the midpoint of the surface, the distance from the center of mass increases. The distance is maximum by going to the diagonal. A planet's gravity is closely related to the distance from the surface to the center of mass. As the distance from the surface increases, the value of the planet's gravitational force decreases. The tension will increase towards the center.

We now imagine the Earth as a cube-shaped planet. I am trying to find out what would happen if the earth was like a cube, so I am trying to use science. In reality no planet is likely to be spherical. At least that's what science tells us so far. But there is nothing wrong with imagining that.

To live in this new world, you must first be on one of the surfaces of the cube. The world now looks like a Rubik's cube. Just like the Rubik's Cube has six flat surfaces, so too.

Let's say, you are on a surface. The problem is, you can't be anywhere on the surface. I have already said the reason. Uneven distribution of gravitational force. The gravitational force at the center of each surface of the cube will be equal. As you go from the center to the edges, the more tension you feel towards the center. It will feel like climbing a steep hill. At the same time, the peripheral atmosphere will become thinner.

At the very end there will be no atmosphere at all. Due to atmospheric variation, the regions from the center to the periphery will become more rugged and desert. Life in that environment will be difficult. Once at the edge, i.e., the corners of the spherical earth will be uninhabitable. Again, because the tension towards the center is more, the seas and oceans of the earth will also form along the center of the 6 surfaces.

Now let's talk about the climate. The climate of the spherical Earth depended on the rotation of the Earth. If the Earth rotated on an axis along the center of the two surfaces, the climate of each flat surface would not have changed much from what it is now. But it was a bit extreme. Both surfaces of the axis had climates similar to those of the present polar regions. The remaining four surfaces would have been like the present equatorial region. Because, these four sides get sunlight equally. The two surfaces of the lesser pole.

However, if the Earth rotates on its axis along the diagonal, the situation would be different. At that time, the world had a more tolerant climate than it does now. Could say goodbye to extreme weather forever. But sadly, it also had to say goodbye to the diverse climate of the equatorial region. As an added bonus, such a rotation would have made the experience of traveling to the poles akin to traveling in space.

Gravity holds the atmosphere around the Earth's surface. Since the gravity (or gravitation) force of a spherical Earth is greater towards the center of its flat surfaces, the atmosphere will be denser here. For the same reason, the atmosphere will be thinner towards the edges, as mentioned earlier. The strange world might not have been uninhabitable, but getting from one surface to another would not have been easy. Maybe spaceships would be needed.

People lived along the coast towards the center. It goes without saying that the amount of habitable land on earth would have decreased considerably. We currently have no way of knowing exactly what biodiversity would have been like. But there is no doubt that life would have been harder on a round earth.

Would there be a subject called 'geography' in the spherical world? Or had to read something called 'Bhu-Ghanak'? That is also a thing to think about! Let me tell you the truth. There is no danger of the earth becoming spherical even in the distant future. Scientists say that there is no possibility of such a planet. So there is no need to worry about that.

We can make this round world beautiful with what we have now. For this, everyone should love the nature and environment of this planet from their respective places. All conflicts must be stopped. Only then will the world be habitable, we can pass on a beautiful world to the next generation.