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To: Kevmo
The law of gravity is basically things fall at 9.8m/s^2

Only on Earth. Not the Moon, or Jupiter.

And yes--you are wrong. Gravity is, scientifically speaking, a theory.

18 posted on 08/06/2021 12:34:40 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: ShadowAce

How fast they fall on the moon, jupiter, wherever... that is an OBSERVATION, a law. Why they are attracted to each other would be the theory of gravity.

You don’t know the simple difference between a scientific law and a theory.


19 posted on 08/06/2021 12:37:25 PM PDT by Kevmo (Right now there are 600 political prisoners in Washington, DC.)
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To: ShadowAce

Gravity is, scientifically speaking, a theory.
***There are dozens of theories of gravity. There is ONE law of gravity.


24 posted on 08/06/2021 12:44:06 PM PDT by Kevmo (Right now there are 600 political prisoners in Washington, DC.)
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To: ShadowAce

> Only on Earth.

Not necessarily. Try, on any planet with a mass equivalent to earth’s, and only approximately, for several reasons, including accuracy, regional variation to factors such as density and opposing centrifugal force presuming the affected object is rotating in sync with the earth’s rotation.


32 posted on 08/06/2021 2:33:35 PM PDT by SteveH
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