Re: Thought experiment
CSM ( (no email) )
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:37:39 +1300
If the sphere should shoot away from the earth you should be able to measure
it's desire to shoot away now. Is there any difference if we change the
sizes of the spheres so they all have the same weight?
As soon as we take away the attactive force of the earth, I don't think
anything spectacular would happen, unless we discover that the spheres are
indeed trying to fly off the earth due to the centrifugal forces at the
equator (but we should be able to measure that now).
Does matter weigh more or less as you move it around the earth? Does a rock
weigh more at the poles than it does at the equator? I don't know the
answers to these questions but the answers would immediately give a clue as
to what would happen to the spheres.
I better stop rambling....
Colin M......
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