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Re: The cones of Gauss

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Date	2016-08-18 18:52 -0700
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Subject	Re: The cones of Gauss
From	Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>

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On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 9:37:14 AM UTC+8, tjrob137 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

The gravitational force diminishes from the surface of the sun into space by the inverse square law. Does it also diminish in the direction of the centre? Digging into the earth has found g increases with depth. Does it suddenly stop at the centre?

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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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