(December 7, 2023 at 1:30 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(December 7, 2023 at 12:15 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: That's the basic idea, yep.
Visualization help: Suppose the outside of this globe of water covering rock is metaphorically represented by the outside of a basketball. Would the thickness of the shell of the ball equate to the theoretical depth of water? (The inside of the ball is compared to a theoretically billiard ball smooth planet.)
If that isn't confusing enough I'll keep going.
I already get it -- after all, I did pass math, up to trig. In essence, it's due to the square-cube law.