Just a quick question about the FAQ

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darkeye11547

Just a quick question about the FAQ
« on: November 20, 2007, 10:45:38 AM »
This is what I have a question about.
Quote from: FAQ
Q: "Why does gravity vary with altitude?"

A: The moon and stars have a slight gravitational pull.

Q:  Follow-up to previous question:  How is it that the Earth does not have a gravitational pull, but stars and the moon do?

A:  This argument is a non sequitur.  You might as well ask, "How is it that snakes do not have legs, but dogs and cats do?"  Snakes are not dogs or cats.  The Earth is not a star or the moon.  It doesn't follow that each must have exactly the properties of the others, and no more.

I think there should be another followup question to that one.

If the gravity of the celestial bodies is what causes the decreased apparent gravity towards earth as you increase in altitude, what's stopping the stars, moon, sun, etc from falling into each other?

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Tom Bishop

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Re: Just a quick question about the FAQ
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2007, 10:51:05 AM »
The same reason why a galaxy does not collapse in on itself. Each body of the stellar system above our heads is in a massive multiple star system in orbit around the hub of the earth at one rotation per twenty four hours. There is no physical mass at the center, however. The mass is shared between stars. It's a more complex version of a binary star system in which each star is locked into an orbit around the system's center.
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Jack

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Re: Just a quick question about the FAQ
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2007, 10:52:37 AM »
Curved space-time geometry.

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darkeye11547

Re: Just a quick question about the FAQ
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2007, 01:18:04 PM »
The same reason why a galaxy does not collapse in on itself. Each body of the stellar system above our heads is in a massive multiple star system in orbit around the hub of the earth at one rotation per twenty four hours. There is no physical mass at the center, however. The mass is shared between stars. It's a more complex version of a binary star system in which each star is locked into an orbit around the system's center.

wait, I thought;
Quote from: FAQ
Q: "What about the stars, sun and moon and other planets? Are they flat too? What are they made of?"

A: The sun and moon, each 32 miles in diameter, circle Earth at a height of 3000 miles at its equator, located midway between the North Pole and the ice wall. Each functions similar to a "spotlight," with the sun radiating "hot light," the moon "cold light." As they are spotlights, they only give light out over a certain are which explains why some parts of the Earth are dark when others are light. Their apparent rising and setting are caused by optical illusions.

In the "accelerating upwards" model, the stars, sun and moon are also accelerating upwards.

The stars are about as far as San Francisco is from Boston. (3100 miles)

Is the FAQ out of date? Maybe it just needs to be reworded.

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Re: Just a quick question about the FAQ
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2007, 01:21:10 PM »
The FAQ is quite old and needs to be updated.
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Re: Just a quick question about the FAQ
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2007, 09:28:37 PM »
The FAQ is quite old and needs to be updated.

Also, TomB is an idiot, in that most of what he comes up with:

1) Changes frequently, and

2) Is not scientifically plausible.