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Can some one explain this to a 5 year old?

submitted by Doglegwarrior to AskUpgoat 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 17:20:37 ago (+4/-4)     (AskUpgoat)

Gravity is caused by mass the bigger the planet the more the gravity you weigh less on the moon?

So at some point up above the ground you reach weightlessness? So why can't this effect be measure if you go up on top of mount everest shouldn't you theoretically weigh less? If you go up in an airplane at 60k up in the air wouldn't you weigh less? Even higher at some point you shouldn't weigh the same but this has never been measured?

Now I'm going to see what the Google kikes have made up and faked to say I'm not right


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[ - ] Artificial_Intelligentile 5 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 17:29:20 ago (+5/-0)

yes, change in distance from the center of mass changes strength of gravity. can be measured. is being measured. yet the numbers are so small that you have to have really precise equipment.

no miracle or mystery there.

also: you are heavier at night, because sun and earth pull in the same direction...

[ - ] Her0n 0 points 9 monthsJul 28, 2023 00:47:51 ago (+0/-0)

you are heavier at night, because sun and earth pull in the same direction...

This is why we all lay down at night, too heavy to stand.

[ - ] SecretHitler 3 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 18:03:04 ago (+3/-0)

When you're "weightless" in near earth orbit it's not because lack of gravity, it's because you and the spaceship are essentially falling in the same direction, with your momentum carrying you around the planet.

If you were in orbit and stopped moving you would immediately fall back to earth like usual.

Here's the closest thing I found to a real answer. Idk if it's accurate:
If you double your distance from the centre of the Earth, the gravity would decrease to a quarter of what it is at the surface,

That's way further out than the space station for example.

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 19:13:36 ago (+1/-0)

Yes, that is accurate.
If you look at the equation from Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, F = G(m1*m2)/r^2, you will note that the value r, -- the radius between the centers of the 2 masses -- is squared, which invokes something called the inverse-square law.
Many natural phenomenon are governed by this, including radiation, sound, and electromagnetic radiation: double the distance; quarter the intensity.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 18:35:08 ago (+3/-2)

Gravity is fake and gay, just like space and nukes

[ - ] VitaminSieg 1 point 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 17:32:32 ago (+1/-0)

[ - ] deleted 0 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 21:25:52 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] Questionable_2 -1 points 9 monthsJul 27, 2023 17:42:33 ago (+3/-4)

Are you implying that by spinning a ball things will stick to it?