To: ShadowAce
Diameter does not affect gravity
Diameter does affect the gravitational force you feel at "sea level", because if the earth's diameter is smaller, then someone standing at "sea level" is closer to the center of the earth.
68 posted on
03/21/2008 2:35:26 PM PDT by
ThePythonicCow
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To: ThePythonicCow
Diameter does affect the gravitational force you feel at "sea level"... OK, I know that. I was thinking (at the time of my post) of "total" gravity of an object.
74 posted on
03/21/2008 3:15:54 PM PDT by
ShadowAce
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To: ThePythonicCow
Diameter does affect the gravitational force you feel at "sea level", because if the earth's diameter is smaller, then someone standing at "sea level" is closer to the center of the earth. But, if the mass of the smaller "earth" is the same as the larger "earth" then the acceleration toward that body should be the same.
I do not subscribe to the smaller earth theory.
81 posted on
03/21/2008 6:50:54 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
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