I'm not debating the cause of anything at this point. I'm debating what an observed effect would be.
If I placed a ball at location 1, by your theory, with an acceleration of a1 and a second ball at location 2 with acceleration a2 where a2 > a1 then ball 2, which isn't connected to the earth, should accelerate a away from ball 1 with a predictable increase in velocity given by: v = v0 +at.
No, the acceleration of the Earth is constant.
Again irrelevant, I'm referring to the ball, and the force/acceleration acting on it.
You stated
Quote from: Pseudointellect on October 11, 2009, 01:30:17 AM
9.8 m/s^2? As you know, we have observed that acceleration is not an exact constant everywhere on earth; it changes based on latitude and altitude. At more extreme latitudes, it is higher; at higher altitudes, it is lower. What explains the differences in this acceleration? (i.e. differences in normal force)
The differences in the normal force are caused by varying separation between the atoms in your feet and those in the ground, in accordance with Coulomb's law.
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Because in FET, the variation in g is caused by the gravitational influence of the celestial plane. As you get nearer the stars, so their gravitational attraction on you increases, and you get pulled up - resulting in a lower apparent downward force.
Both allowing for a gradient in g acting on two seperate objects relative to the surface of the earth. Which again you could calculate the increase in velocity and distance between two objects placed at two differing locations on this gradient. These could be found by:
v= v(0) + at and
x= x(0) +v(0)t + 1/2 a t^2
Yet no such observations exist.