How does FE explain gravity variations around the world?

This link talks about how gravity varies from the poles to the equator. I have never been to either to prove it one way or another, but assuming it is true how does the FE model explain this? The ground cannot be moving upwards at different speeds otherwise there would be great separations of land masses over time.

http://www.seed.slb.com/qa2/FAQView.cfm?ID=991

This link talks about how gravity varies from the poles to the equator. I have never been to either to prove it one way or another, but assuming it is true how does the FE model explain this? The ground cannot be moving upwards at different speeds otherwise there would be great separations of land masses over time.

http://www.seed.slb.com/qa2/FAQView.cfm?ID=991

Firstly, one of the factors in variation that your site mentions is tides.  It could be that due to the different mechanism by which tides work on the flat Earth, the effect of tides on perceived gravity is different.  For example, if one half of the disc were wobbling upwards, it would create increased gravity.

Also, it is a touchy subject relying on meausurements made at the so-called poles.  Claims that gravity was measured at the south pole are nonsense in the FE; claims of meausrements taken at the north pole, while plausible, might have been faked.

I think refutations to the FE model really need to involve measurements that people can do without leaving the temperate region of N. America, Europe, or Australia (where most of the members seem to be living).

-Erasmus

The sun orbits over the equator, and the sun generates it's own gravity. This means that gravity at the equator should be weaker, not stronger.

We could potentially explain this by having a mass oribt the Earth that projects less gravity over the equator. Erasmus, this could be combined with your lens idea to have a very weirdly shaped mass.  :roll:

I find it strange that your site doesn't talk about the earth's shape... Because the earth isn't a perfect sphere. The earth rotates on itself creating a centrifugal (don't how that is spellt) force that is stronger at the equator than the poles.
Therefor the earth isn't perfectly spherical, because the forces at the equator are pushing the mass more outwards that the forces at the poles, maiking it a flattend ball (not to mistake with a flat earth). Which means that the distance between the equator and the center is higher than from the poles to the center, making gravity variations.

centrifugal (don't how that is spellt)

"Centrifugal" is correct; "spelt" has only one "l" though.

Therefor the earth isn't perfectly spherical, because the forces at the equator are pushing the mass more outwards that the forces at the poles, maiking it a flattend ball (not to mistake with a flat earth). Which means that the distance between the equator and the center is higher than from the poles to the center, making gravity variations.

Yeah but the Earth is flat, remember?

Oh shit, I forgot...

Anyway, I was pointing out something his site forgot to mention

And how does FE explain that gravity (or the FE equivalent) decreases with height?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration_due_to_gravity

Ya know, there's a cave over here in the states somewhere, I can't remember what the name of it is, or where it's at, but in that cave, you're near-weightless. There's a deposit of some kind of ultra-dense material directly above the cave (I'm not sure if the geologists ever figurd out what it is or not, been a while since I read about it, I'll have to dig the article up again), which in that small area counter-balances the gravitational pull of the Earth's core.

How do you explain that one?

I've never heard of it.

Ya know, there's a cave over here in the states somewhere, I can't remember what the name of it is, or where it's at, but in that cave, you're near-weightless. There's a deposit of some kind of ultra-dense material directly above the cave (I'm not sure if the geologists ever figurd out what it is or not, been a while since I read about it, I'll have to dig the article up again), which in that small area counter-balances the gravitational pull of the Earth's core.

How do you explain that one?

Link?

This is one of those things that get blown out of proportion as people talk about it.  I believe he is refering to this:
http://www.mysteryspot.com/
A place where optical illusions make it seem like gravity is messed up.  

Sorry, but no weightlessness for you.

Ya know, there's a cave over here in the states somewhere, I can't remember what the name of it is, or where it's at, but in that cave, you're near-weightless. There's a deposit of some kind of ultra-dense material directly above the cave (I'm not sure if the geologists ever figurd out what it is or not, been a while since I read about it, I'll have to dig the article up again), which in that small area counter-balances the gravitational pull of the Earth's core.

How do you explain that one?

Sounds like a fun cave, but after watching The Descent, im staying away from all caves, and not because of the monsters, but becasue im claustaphobic. I had sweaty feet when she was stuck in that little passage.