EARTH SMASHING FACTS ABOUT GRAVITY

JUPITER'S GRAVITY WILL EVENTUALLY EITHER

PUSH MERCURY OUT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

OR SEND IT CRASHING INTO THE SUN

IF THE SUN WERE TO ALL OF A SUDDEN DISAPPEAR,

WE WOULD STILL SEE IT AND EXPERIENCE ITS

GRAVITATIONAL PULL FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 8 MINUTES

DUE TO GRAVITY ON A NEUTRON STAR, THE TALLEST

"MOUNTAIN" CAN ONLY BE A MEASLY 5MM.

LIQUID HELIUM HAS NO VISCOSITY AND IT CAN

FLOW UP WALLS AGAINST GRAVITY

AS WE SAID BEFORE, WERE THE SUN TO DISAPPEAR,

WE WOULD EXPERIENCE BOTH THE GRAVITATIONAL

AND VISIBLE EFFECTS AT THE SAME TIME. IN THIS

SAME WAY, WE ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE

GRAVITY FROM STARS THAT ARE LONG GONE

THE GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION HAS DEVOTED

ITSELF TO FIGHTING GRAVITY AND SINCE 1948 PEOPLE

HAVE EVEN SAT UPSIDE DOWN AT MEETINGS TO

SHOW THEIR DEFIANCE

A PENDULUM CLOCK THAT IS ACCURATE AT SEA LEVEL

LOSES ABOUT 16 SECONDS EVERY DAY IF IT IS MOVED

TO AN ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FEET

THE WEIGHTLESS SCENES IN THE MOVIE APOLLO 13

WERE FILMED OVER THE COURSE OF 612 PARABOLA

FLIGHTS. THESE ARE FLIGHTS WHERE A PLANE

REPEATEDLY CLIMBS AND THEN NOSE DIVES TO S

IMULATE ZERO GRAVITY