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To: Tenacious 1
"I'm not sure a boat would float in gravity like that."

This is interesting. From my memory of basic physics, gravitational pull is directly proportional to mass (seven times the mass, 7 times the pull), and inversely proportional to the square of the distance from center of mass to center of mass [2.6 times the radius = 1/(2.6 squared)]. This calculates out to a surface gravity of 84% of Earth gravity. So, actually somewhat less than Earth's!

47 posted on 09/05/2013 1:30:33 PM PDT by Aarchaeus (V)
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To: Aarchaeus

The previous Aarchaeus made a math mistake. His equation is all right, but he should have come up with 1.035, or 3-1/2 percent more than Earth’s gravity. My twin bro is sorta careless sometimes.


48 posted on 09/05/2013 1:37:33 PM PDT by Aarchaeus (V)
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