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Re: You guys are both wrong:)

Nathan — 4/27/2002 4:29:33 PM (archived)

I agree with you Phil, I just didn't explain it in the wame way.

As far as what you said about:

"Now, if you were to "somehow" to become stationary, the Sun "as far as I understand" would not accelerate you as fast as gravity accelerates you on the Earth surface (weight)."

That goes back the the whole distance thing again. If we were to become stationary (still a relative term) we would feel almost no gravitational effects from the Sun because we would be inside the Earth's gravity "well". If you took the Earth away, and only you were sitting stationary in space, it would take a very long time for you to accelerate and fall into the Sun. I'm not sure what the acceleration rate would be, but it would be a lot less than 9.8 meters/second^2

Good explanation though, along with E.P. Grondine's post, we have here a great explanation of the tidal effects of the Earth/Moon system.

Nathan

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This looks like some bad news... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2002 12:55:33 PM
- Balony - Scott - 4/26/2002 4:28:07 PM
- Implications of Hoffman's observation on the effect of the Moon on Earth - E.P. Grondine - 4/26/2002 4:13:35 PM
  - Re: I havfe to say yes . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 10:56:26 AM
    - You're wong...... Again. - Todd - 4/27/2002 10:58:06 AM
      - Re: You're wong...... Again. About the tides too. - Nathan - 4/27/2002 4:29:42 PM
        
        You guys are both wrong:) - gbaikie - 4/27/2002 3:34:22 PM
        
        Re: You guys are both wrong:) - Nathan - 4/27/2002 4:29:33 PM
        
        Newton's law... - Nick Hoffman - 4/28/2002 11:18:20 AM
        
        Re: Newton's law... - gbaikie - 4/28/2002 9:25:48 AM
        
        Centre of Gravity - Nick Hoffman - 4/28/2002 11:04:48 AM
        
        Re: Centre of Gravity - gbaikie - 4/28/2002 12:20:01 PM
        
        Re: You guys are both wrong:) - nathan - 4/27/2002 4:44:08 PM
      - Re: You're wong...... Again. And technically so are you. - nathan - 4/27/2002 4:15:25 PM
        
        Moon's effect on core convection currents? - E.P.Grondine - 4/27/2002 8:35:51 AM
        
        Earth tides and dissipation - Nick Hoffman - 4/27/2002 2:24:50 PM
        
        Re: Well, you certainly know how to shorten an argument . . . - D. Spires - 4/29/2002 6:51:36 PM
        
        Re: Well, you certainly know how to shorten an argument . . . yep, he sure does! :) - Marcia - 4/30/2002 10:38:42 AM
        
        Re: The Moon has achieved Earth-escape velocity . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2002 9:40:01 AM
        
        Yes, sir. :) n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 5/4/2002 7:12:13 PM
        
        So if I understand you correctly: If I can wait 50 million years - Scott - 4/29/2002 5:40:57 PM
        
        Thanks - E.P. Grondine - 4/28/2002 5:29:54 PM
        
        it's not covered - Nick Hoffman - 4/28/2002 11:16:27 AM
        
        Thanks, but - E.P. Grondine - 4/28/2002 6:59:34 PM
      - Re: Nice to see you at least went to school . . . - D. Spires - 4/27/2002 8:43:18 AM
        
        Tidal effects on Earth...a couple of cents worth - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2002 12:03:40 PM
- Re: This looks like a load of horse manure - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 4:11:49 PM
  - I agree. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2002 4:46:24 PM
    - Ya got me... - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 4:48:37 PM
      - Re: Ya got me... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2002 5:28:00 PM
        
        I say let it go. - Scott - 4/26/2002 4:30:51 PM
  - Perfectly clear: The key is the 2.0736 x 10^6 second chronological displacement (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 4/25/2002 4:17:18 PM
- Re: This looks like some bad news... - Futureboy - 4/25/2002 3:56:35 PM
- I think it works both ways. - Todd - 4/25/2002 3:24:33 PM

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