Hello,
Pajamas!
I'm gratified that you thought my post was worthy of comment, well
over a year after I posted it. On the other hand, it is astounding that
anyone could think that what I said was anything other than satire.
You didn't, did you?
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That isn't right. No one calls gravity centrifugal force... except you maybe.
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Did you happen to notice the question I was responding to? It makes
a difference.
Also, did you notice my two statements immediately preceeding my
remarks on gravity/centrifugal force? They were equally idiotic. You
didn't notice? You quoted them.
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Centrifugal force is a fictitious outward seeking force. The term you
are looking for is centripetal force, which is inward seeking.
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That was part of the intentional stupidness of my comments. There
is no way anyone with more than half a brain (I have a friend with
3/4 of a brain, who wouldn't be bamboozled by this) could think that
centrifugal force equals gravity. The force is obviously in the wrong
direction.
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Regardless, you're still wrong. Gravity has nothing to do with centripetal force.
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Actually, gravity
is a centripetal force.
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Gravity only has to do with the mass of an object. The more massive,
the more gravity.
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I'll give you credit for getting that right. Newton's law of gravity.
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Acceleration due to gravity on the Earth surface is -9.8 m/s. It has
always been and always will be.
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It varies slightly from place to place, mainly due to the equatorial
bulge. It is greater at the poles than at the equator. And of course,
it increased as the Earth gained mass as it formed. And the mass
could change in the future. Hopefully not very rapidly.
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The Earth can spin as fast as it wants to, but it will not affect the gravity.
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Essentially true, but centrifugal force reduces the effect of Earth's
gravity at the equator by about 1/2 of 1 percent below what it is at
the poles. If you weigh 200 pounds at the south pole, you will only
weigh 199 pounds on the equator.
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I'm actually horrified by this post....
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Thank you! I'm pleased I could help, even if it took fifteen months.
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You have absolutely no grasp or understanding of what you're trying
to talk about. Please don't misinform people that come here looking
for answers...
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I'll try to only misinform those who really want to be misinformed.
Okay?
-- Jeff, in Minneapolis