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To: dinoparty

Right, but how do we know that a given chunk of matter has mass? It resists being moved when force is applied to it, and it exerts a gravitational pull.

But why does it resist being moved, and why does it exert a gravitational pull?


47 posted on 07/13/2010 6:36:49 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: mvpel

Good point. When this particle is found and identified, I assume there will be a mystery just as mysterious as to why the particle acts the way it does in order to “cause” mass?


58 posted on 07/13/2010 6:49:38 AM PDT by dinoparty
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To: mvpel
But why does it resist being moved, and why does it exert a gravitational pull?

Great question. And one the experts have been struggling to figure out for centuries.

68 posted on 07/13/2010 7:47:50 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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