What would happen if the Earth were flat?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Throughout history, people all over the world have pictured our planet in different ways, including as a flat disc. It can be hard to see the Earth’s curve when you’re standing on the ground, but mathematical calculations and information from space voyages have confirmed that the Earth is a sphere. But…what would it actually be like if the planet was shaped like a big pancake instead? We asked astronomer Chris Impey to help us find the answer. Got a question orbiting your brain? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help find an answer in no time flat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.
0:05.0	Um.
0:17.8	Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm The Sun.
0:21.7	And I'm leading planetary choir practice.
0:26.6	Um.
0:28.6	Okay, everyone.
0:30.3	Let's run through some warm-ups first.
0:33.2	Lip trills.
0:39.1	Deep breath in, and then sigh it out.
0:47.0	Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, ma.
0:50.1	Ma, ma, ma, la la la la la la la la la la.
0:56.1	Wonderful. Wonderful.
0:56.9	Okay, let's start with our first piece,
0:59.7	Heart of the Total Eclipse.
1:02.9	Jupiter, you've got the baseline, of course.
1:05.7	Saturn, Mars, Venus, your tenor.
1:08.3	Mercury and Uranus.
1:10.3	You'll be on the alto line. And Earth and Neptune, your tenor, Mercury and Uranus, you'll be on the alto line, and Earth and Neptune, you're taking
1:15.2	the soprano part. Ready? One and a two and... Turn on a road. Wait, wait, excuse me, Earth,
1:26.6	I think you're a little bit flat. What? No, no, no. I mean, your harmony is a little flat. I'm sorry, I know you're sensitive about your shape. Yes, I know what some people say, but don't worry. You're looking delightfully spherical as always. Actually, I don't know what
1:47.9	would happen if your shape were flat. Hi, my name is Yosmina, and I'm from Wayne, New Jersey.
1:53.9	My question is, what would happen if the world is flat? It would be very strange and mostly bad.
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