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To: C19fan

“In our sun the heat generated by fusion stops gravity. “

It does not ‘stop’ gravity. It counters the force of it. Airplane wings don’t ‘stop’ gravity either. They just provide a force that counters it for a while.


18 posted on 10/16/2017 8:40:32 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ

It does not ‘stop’ gravity. It counters the force of it. Airplane wings don’t ‘stop’ gravity either. They just provide a force that counters it for a while.

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Since we’re correcting people, gravity is a curvature of spacetime, not a force.

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/physics/140-physics/the-theory-of-relativity/general-relativity/1059-if-gravity-isn-t-a-force-how-does-it-accelerate-objects-advanced


22 posted on 10/16/2017 9:29:05 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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