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Which is the shape of a planet with the maximum gravity at one point?
« on: 23/12/2009 18:03:51 »
Given a specific volum and a specific, uniform density (we could take them as unit), which shape should have a planet, so that the gravitational field in a point O (we can take it as the origin of the axis) of its surface is maximum?

Could this be the shape?
In the image I have drawn a polar plot (red, inner curve).

* Pianeta massima gravita' in superficie.jpg (102.12 kB, 970x954 - viewed 765 times.)
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Which is the shape of a planet with the maximum gravity at one point?
« Reply #1 on: 23/12/2009 18:37:36 »
Your diagram (red) is close to half nephroid ...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephroid                                http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Nephroid.html

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* NephroidEnvelope_700.gif (15.79 kB, 250x177 - viewed 747 times.)
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Which is the shape of a planet with the maximum gravity at one point?
« Reply #2 on: 23/12/2009 19:33:34 »
Quote from: RD on 23/12/2009 18:37:36
Your diagram (red) is close to half nephroid ...
Yes, it's very similar, I didn't know that curve, thank you RD.

The curve I drew is:

ρ(θ) = Sqrt(|cosθ|);  with ρ = x2 + y2

while the Nefroid you drew is:

ρ(θ) = Sqrt(10 + 6|cosθ|).
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