what would have happened if the earth was a square
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If it instantly happened, the Green square would not have enough gravity to support humans, and humans would literally just fall off the side of the world, and Northern humans would be destroyed by UV Rays because there’s no Ozone layer to protect us.
If it became the Red square, every human would basically just be flung off. Into space.
All planets in the Solar System are spherical. In fact, any significantly massive objects are. This is because the larger an object is, the greater its gravitational force will be, and so as mass builds up the pressure of this weight causes the majority of the material to become liquid, and thus a sphere is formed.
However, let’s say the Earth could be made into a cube. Gravity would be strongest at the centre of each face (since the force of gravity increases the closer to the centre of gravity). As a result, all water, and indeed our own atmosphere would be drawn towards the centre of the faces. So the edges of the Earth would be barren rock with no atmosphere, and the centre of each face would play host to giant oceans and a very thick atmosphere, each region potentially with its own distinct ecosystems. It would be a very different planet to our own.