EARTH SMASHING FACTS ABOUT GRAVITY
Added on: 29th Jun 2016
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
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