A toroidal planet is a hypothetical type of telluric exoplanet with a toroidal or doughnut shape.

Aug 1, 2019 · A planet in the shape of a donut, or toroid, as it's called in mathematics, could technically exist, but it would have to jump some steep physics hurdles to get there. Planets are round because gravity pulls inward.

Feb 4, 2014 · Torus-shaped worlds have an outer rim that is not too different from a normal ellipsoidal planet. Days occur with a sunrise at the eastern horizon and a sunset at the western horizon. The sun moves along a great circle that slowly shifts north and …

Feb 4, 2014 · According to the laws of physics, a planet the shape of a donut, or toroid, could actually exist — but it’s extremely unlikely to ever form naturally. But what if an advanced alien civilization...

May 30, 2018 · A planet in the shape of a donut, or toroid, as it’s called in mathematics, could technically exist, but it would have to jump some steep physics hurdles to get there. Planets are round because gravity pulls inward.

Apr 21, 2017 · In this universe, mass and gravity work differently so stable torus planets are possible (donut shaped). How would a torus world orbiting a single star have to rotate in order to have a stable day and night cycle on all of its regions?

Dec 7, 2019 · This is what mathematicians would call a toroidal world, or a torus planet. To me, it’s an Earth shaped like a sweet, fried, ring-shaped, pastry. Whatever you call this Earth, theoretically, it’s not impossible.

Jun 19, 2024 · For a large torus, this is obvious (lots of tiny planets), but if the mass and angular momentum can barely support 2 separate bodies, then you should have a very robust global stability condition. Note that you can establish some conservative limits easily, but in reality, 2 closely orbiting tidally locked bodies is a very very difficult ...

Dec 14, 2014 · A torus world (if you can make it rigid enough to persist) would have weird gravity, depending if you are on the "inner" side of the torus (weaker gravity) or the "outer" (stronger). And it would have to be improbably rigid to persist.

The toroidal hypothesis posits that the central void and the unique topological features of a torus would significantly influence thermal energy distribution and atmospheric flow dynamics.