to clarify what if the force that keeps the universe together and spinning is not gravity but some sort of magnetic force acting upon each body....i mean each planet has poles , each planet has a magnetic field, opposite repel perhaps thats why the planets orbit...could this be possible?
2007-06-20 08:52:41 · 9 answers · asked by dreamerchacho 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
This is what physicists call a meaningless question. Your speculations about whether gravity exists are on much more syntactical grounds than physical grounds.
To really understand gravity or magnetism, you have to look at the mathematical equations, and if you're looking at the equations, it doesn't matter if you want to call it gravity or chocolatepower, the equations still say the same thing either way.
2007-06-20 09:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, this could not be possible.
It's possible to calculate and predict how the planets would move under a force like magnetism; and the fact is, we observe that the planets just don't move like that.
For example, it's impossible to get multiple magnets all to attract each other unless you orient them just right. But the planets (and asteroids, and satellites, etc.) are all observed to attract each other regardless of which way they're oriented. This (and other observations) demonstrate that gravity is not a magnet-like force.
2007-06-20 09:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by RickB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity is just a name we give to a real force that we observe. Calling it by another name does not change reality. We could call gravity "magnetism", and magnetism "gravity", but they would both still function the same way.
2007-06-20 09:04:51 · answer #3 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming exsit means exist; the answer is simple: More people would get chopped up by ceiling fans. :)
OOPS! SORRY. I just read the details. Hmm. Think about how close a magnet has to be to affect an object. I think it's all about properties of inertia and space offers very little resistance to inertia. Good question.
2007-06-20 09:11:13 · answer #4 · answered by Answernian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all planets have magnetic fields. Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are fully surrounded by a magnetosphere. Mercury and Ganymede show weak magnetic fields, and Mars displays patchy surface magnetism.
2007-06-20 08:58:53 · answer #5 · answered by JLynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If gravity doesn't exsit my feet will still stay on the ground. Does ist really matter what it is called?
2007-06-20 08:56:50 · answer #6 · answered by kleinemutti25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then we all have wonderful imaginations. In all honesty, we already do. I wonder what that means about gravity then? Objective truth may never be attained. But I'm happy as is.
2007-06-20 09:00:32 · answer #7 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no gravity - the earth sucks.
2007-06-20 08:55:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if gravity didn't exsit we would all be floating around
2007-06-20 09:00:22 · answer #9 · answered by Jessica W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋