• Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    First, the globe would have to be solid and sufficiently dense to scale.

    Then, it would have to be removed from any other significant gravitational field - such as the actual earth.

    Then, the layer of water would be as deep as about half the width of a pin.

    Then yes, it would work and the water would settle on the globe correctly.

    (I am not a scientist and have probably missed a variable or twenty in this summation)

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      You’re mostly correct, but hilariously even all that wouldn’t be good enough because water behaves differently at different scales. Surface tension would dominate in a miniature model, and the water would be trying to stick to everything in a way which oceans simply don’t do

          • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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            I’m thinking where you could lay down next to the water on the beach and have the surface of the ocean slightly higher than the tip of your nose.

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              Probably absolutely terrifying, considering the water would cling to you and it might be impossible to escape the surface tension.

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        I did think about that, but I don’t know how surface tension works. I’ll certainly take mostly correct. Not bad for an amateur who just watches physics videos for fun.

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      You may not be a scientist, but your summary is pretty much spot-on. And it certainly makes a hell of a lot more sense than whatever horse shit the flat earth clowns are pushing.