Could Planet Minecraft Actually Exist?

Published: 30 November 2015
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Gravitational field of a cubic planet:
Chappell, James Michael, et al. "The gravity field of a cube." Physics International 3.2 (2012): 50.
http://search.proquest.com/openview/6...
More:
http://www.askamathematician.com/2011...
https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2...

1884 claim of cubic planet discovery:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract...

Hats off to the Minecraft wiki community at Gamepedia for collecting stats about the Minecraft world!
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecr...



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