02-December-2003, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by kilopi
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Originally Posted by snowflakeuniverse
For example, If the Earth were to expand to twice it’s size, the surface gravity would be reduced by a quarter. According to the proposed theory, we are gradually losing weight.
If stars were twice as big, with the same amount of mass, the pressure within the stars would be less. This would dramatically reduce the rate of nuclear fusion.
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Evidence seems to indicate that local gravity overcomes the expansion--in other words, as the expansion of space draws things apart, gravity draws them together again faster than they can be drawn apart. So your conclusions aren't true, necessarily. |
Incidentally, I wrote my post with the math at 3 am. I was wrong on the way such expansion would work. That's a much better description.
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