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Q: If you could drill a tunnel through the whole planet and then jumped down this tunnel...
ask a mathematician dot com ^ | 4-2014 (orig 2012) | physicist

Posted on 04/19/2014 8:40:10 AM PDT by doug from upland

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To: Hoodat

Still wouldn’t work, you need a solid platform to jump from (ie, not crashing down heh)


121 posted on 04/19/2014 9:10:07 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: factoryrat

Look at his equation again, distance is a factor along with mass. Gravity is a little higher at the poles than the equator because they are just a little closer to the center of the earth.

Also, gravity goes out in all directions just like magnetism.


122 posted on 04/19/2014 10:53:32 PM PDT by jiggyboy
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