I guess if you think about it, gravity has to be equally "distributed" (for lack of a better word), because the earth is round.
But then I've heard about these "Mystery spots" where they say there is no gravity or that the pull of gravity is not as strong.
Do these spots affect the earth in any way?
Could they possibly be placed there strategically (by God.. or for those who dont believe in god.. some "higher being" who created the earth) to keep the earth on track and rotating correctly?
2007-09-19 16:07:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Well, I'm no scientific genious but my guess is that gravity is the same the world over. As far as Kenny B's answer that is totally riddiculous, if that were true Denver would be overpopulated with fatso people from New Orleans. LMAO
PS.... hey JimmyW, did you ever hear of the KISS theory?
It stands for keep it simple stupid,
2007-09-27 12:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To the best of our knowledge, gravity is induced by the curving or rather the distortion of the space-time continuum (that is what we physically relate to or know of as space). The existence of a body like the Earth in space causes space around it to distort just like a marble or a golf ball would in a bowl of water. Each would displace the water by their volume to occupy that volume of water displaced and the surrounding water would react by exerting a pressure on the surface of the ball or marble towards the center of their volumes.
Same thing with a body in space in that it "displaces its volume" of space causing that part of the space-time continuum to distort. In the distortion, you end up with the surrounding space-time continuum pushing back on the body to induce a gravitational field that acts towards the center of the body. Now depending on the mass distribution and the nett effect of other energetic fields (namely magnetic, electric etc.) within the volume of the body, the resulting gravity varies accordingly. Note also the influence of gravity diminishes the further you are from the center of the Earth.
With the Earth not being a perfect sphere (bulging at the equatorial regions due to centrifugal forces induced by its rotation about its axis) and it's mass and energetic distributions being uneven in parts, there are bound to be gravitational distortions. This maybe the reason for such mystery spots where the gravitational field changes so significantly that it's either amplified, diminished, absent or attracting things in directions other than towards the center of the Earth! As it seems, these do not seem to have a significant effect on the planet as a whole. If they did, it's largely unknown at this stage of the human scientific endeavour. As to whether, it's been intentionally put there, there doesn't appear to be evidence that will satisfy the scientific community at large.
Hope this helps.
2007-09-20 00:26:23 · answer #2 · answered by JimmyW 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity can be thought of as a force acting from the center of mass of any given body. The force is directly proportional to the mass of the objects & inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. So, the further you are from the center of the earth, the less force it will exert on you. On a good spring scale you can see a measureable difference from the ground floor to the top floor in a tall building.
2007-09-26 13:27:55 · answer #3 · answered by Dylerious 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity is not equally distributed. If you go to Denver you will weigh less than if you were in New Orleans. The pull of gravity isn't circular but up and down.
2007-09-19 23:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by SPC Kenny B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gravity is various in different parts of earth according to the difference of earth layers components but the difference of gravity is slight.
and as there are spots where gravity is less, other spots gravity is higher.
2007-09-26 07:52:25 · answer #5 · answered by arwa s. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there r no mistery spots but grazity does change in diff parts of the world depending on the moon and other planets as well as ur elevation however this chages are miniscule and dont affect ur wieght alot espically considering the flucuation in wieght ur body expierences during an ordinary day
2007-09-19 23:20:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, Gravity is more at Equator than north and south pole
2007-09-20 19:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by tripathi_jagdish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is stronger at the poles, you are closer to the Earth's centre here.
2007-09-26 14:50:15 · answer #8 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU ARE REFERRING TO SEA LEVEL GRAVITY THE ANSWER IS YES.
2007-09-27 13:38:14 · answer #9 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋