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What would happen if the earth's orbit were a square, triangle, rectangle, etc.?

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Earth would rapidly crumble into a hot, spherical object.

Gravity would not permit a sustained triangular shape. Nor a pyramid. Nor square.

Spherical. Gravity curves things toward the center. The points of a pyramid/triangle would fall toward the flat sides, nearest the masses center.

It would be hot because of the impact of matter falling violently toward its rest.
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Different time zones (majority) and different climate.

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