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Re: The cones of Gauss

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: The cones of Gauss
Date	2016-08-19 12:26 +1000
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On 19/08/2016 11:37 AM, Tom Roberts wrote:
> On 8/18/16 8/18/16   7:52 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
>> Gravity is at a maximum at the centre of the sun. I decreases by the
>> inverse
>> square law to 274msec2 at the surface and decreases into space further
>> also
>> by the same law.
>
> This is just plain not true. It COULDN'T be true [#]. And, of course,
> Newtonian mechanics predicts it is not true: by "gravity" you obviously
> mean the gravitational force, and NM predicts it goes to zero at the
> center of an isolated spherical body like the sun [@]. (Ms. Else has
> given several qualitative arguments why this is so, but you seem to be
> impervious.)
>
>      [#] Think about the infinity at the origin that your claim implies.
>
>      [@] The sun is not exactly spherical; no matter, as it is an
>      oblate spheroid, and NM predicts the gravitational force goes
>      to zero at the center of such a symmetric solid.
>
> Following Sylvia: if gravity is "a maximum at the centre of the sun", in
> which direction does it point?
>
>
> Tom Roberts

Apparently, he's incapable of understanding that. One can only speculate 
as to why.

Sylvia.

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The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-10 19:49 -0700
  The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-10 20:25 -0700
    The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-10 20:30 -0700
      The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-10 20:51 -0700
        Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-10 21:10 -0700
          Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-10 21:15 -0700
            Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-11 05:37 -0700
        The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-10 21:12 -0700
  Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 07:32 +0200
  Re: The cones of Gauss "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2016-08-10 22:36 -0700
  Re: The cones of Gauss "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2016-08-10 22:53 -0700
    Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-10 23:28 -0700
      Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 08:40 +0200
        Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-11 00:38 -0700
          Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 07:00 +0200
            Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-11 22:13 -0700
              Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 08:19 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-12 00:17 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-08-12 00:32 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 11:33 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-08-12 03:13 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 13:32 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-08-12 05:20 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 14:40 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-08-12 05:59 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 16:09 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-08-12 21:12 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 21:32 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss Virgil <VIRGIL@VIRGIL.com> - 2016-08-12 13:53 -0600
                Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 22:15 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-08-12 22:30 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-12 13:14 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 22:16 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-08-12 22:36 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-12 13:51 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-12 14:01 -0700
  Re: The cones of Gauss Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 08:01 +0200
  Re: The cones of Gauss bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 10:55 +0200
  Re: The cones of Gauss Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 09:41 -0500
    Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-11 18:46 -0700
      Re: The cones of Gauss Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 07:16 -0500
  Re: The cones of Gauss Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-08-12 06:16 +0200
    Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-11 22:37 -0700
      Re: The cones of Gauss Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-08-12 22:54 +0200
      Re: The cones of Gauss Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-08-13 07:11 +0200
        Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-13 05:38 -0700
          Re: The cones of Gauss Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-08-14 06:55 +0200
            Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-14 06:23 -0700
              Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-14 07:41 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-08-16 22:43 +0200
                Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-17 10:01 -0700
                Re: The cones of Gauss Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2016-08-18 07:37 +0200
    Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-12 07:54 -0700
  Re: The cones of Gauss Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-18 17:35 +1000
    Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-18 08:35 -0700
    Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-18 17:52 -0700
      Re: The cones of Gauss "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-18 18:35 -0700
      Re: The cones of Gauss Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-08-18 20:37 -0500
        Re: The cones of Gauss Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-08-18 18:52 -0700
          Re: The cones of Gauss pnalsing@gmail.com - 2016-08-18 19:29 -0700
          Re: The cones of Gauss Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-08-19 07:34 -0500
        Re: The cones of Gauss Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-19 12:26 +1000
      Re: The cones of Gauss Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-08-19 07:31 -0500

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