Haumea is a real (not fictional) dwarf planet from our solar system with a shape similar to the shape of a rugby football.
I want to make a science fiction book with an alien civilization living on a planet with this shape.
Please help me to understand better the laws of physics and astronomy applied with this dwarf planet Haumea. What conditions would be on such planet? Lower gravity at the poles? Would a normal planet like Earth have this shape or it would have to be smaller in order to have this shape?
The shape of the rugby football is given by the rapid spinning around its axis. How much can a rapidly spinning planet around its axis support life
I am asking only people who know astronomy this question. And those who have read SF books.
I want to make a science fiction book with an alien civilization living on a planet with this shape.
Please help me to understand better the laws of physics and astronomy applied with this dwarf planet Haumea. What conditions would be on such planet? Lower gravity at the poles? Would a normal planet like Earth have this shape or it would have to be smaller in order to have this shape?
The shape of the rugby football is given by the rapid spinning around its axis. How much can a rapidly spinning planet around its axis support life
I am asking only people who know astronomy this question. And those who have read SF books.