Can you guys give me info about gravitational fields in space?
no wikipedia links plz, anything but wikipedia and the typical "go google it"answers...
thank you
2007-04-07 13:45:03 · 3 answers · asked by Jose H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Gravitational fields are created by things if they have very large mass, spin really fast, are very dense, or a combination of then three. There are some very good scientific papers by R.S. Gross and V.I. Denisov that can explain it in detail. Articles that are simpler to follow can be found at.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20030104/bob7.asp
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/wteq.html
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/forefront/2005/iwata/index.shtml
As you can see from the articles most work has been done on the Earth while some is currently been done to map the moon's gravitational field. Other bodies gravitational field estimates are purely mathematical.
2007-04-08 02:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by Cap10 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only gravitational fields in space i thick are the ones created by some planets and meteorites... anything with iron in it should produce a gravitational field, but not a strong one. On the other hand i am no expert...
2007-04-08 00:08:49 · answer #2 · answered by gabi_c_b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun is so massive, its gravitational field extends far out into space. the sun's gravitational pull is what keeps the planets in orbit. comets have highly elliptical orbits that go many times further distance out than the planets, but even they are pulled by sun gravity, otherwise they would escape orbit and not return.
2007-04-08 05:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋