# If the Earth was a cube

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-earth-was-a-cube/385065 "2006-12-21T14:57:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-earth-was-a-cube/385065/96 "2006-12-23T20:18:03Z")

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I’ve got a handy little Earth[sup]3[/sup] model going. I’m using actual Earth numbers for the masses and volumes of the planet, atmosphere, and oceans. Here are some first data showing surface gravity and the extent of the oceans. The oceans are 125 km deep in the middle!

[oceans and gravity](http://home.fnal.gov/~rbpatter/squearth/oceans_and_g.gif)

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