Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 01:29:07 -0500 Message-ID: <5629D3B5.198D@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:29:09 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Why is G References: <31989bcf-6b3b-4994-a63a-3e2ace4ebcd1@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 13 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 45.49.183.72 X-Trace: sv3-NNx8gIvx7IFbzlg+PYVCMbMtHWtrhjVyfyCDtdqy8bxW/OjU2hKKEwDJpxgJgHKQXHPmvBzdmQiSEoS!0DfltS0kZRWh9q7tmaEZHadDrxOhAarwLN8ZEMP0QQTkdGOjhXpKUVs5XT3MZyyaqlLfttuK+Q8F!cK51R3P6 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1589 X-Received-Bytes: 1701 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3951701722 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:367876 Sylvia Else wrote: > > On 23/10/2015 11:23 AM, Peter Riedt wrote: > > Why is it that G is a universal constant that applies equally on > > earth, Jupiter and all other points of the solar system instead of > > being affected as well by the local gravity such as exists on > > individual planets? > > > > This is a "why?" question, and science does not address such questions. So, a kid asks you "Why is the sky blue?" and you respond with, "This is a "why?" question, and science does not address such questions."?