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To: ETL

See that coin. Just need to do a story on a real flat world the implications are fun SCIFI Network here I come. Do you really just fall off the edge of the world or does gravity pull you around to the other side of the “coin”?


39 posted on 10/09/2012 6:41:29 PM PDT by nomorelurker
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To: nomorelurker

There probably is a not-too-difficult physics formula to calculate the gravitational field of a disc. I tried the following but couldn’t figure it out. I’m sure there are more simple and direct ways of determining the gravitational dynamics of a disc.

Gravitational field of a disc:
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=39461


41 posted on 10/09/2012 6:55:20 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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