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by wickedwillie on April 5th, 2006

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Is gravity the same everywhere on Earth?

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  • by Quirkie on April 6th, 2006

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    Pretty much... but...

    On top of Everest, you are that much further from the Earth's pull, that gravity is reduced by a whopping 0.3% compared to sea-level.
    Due to earth's bulge and its rotation, you weigh 0.5% more at the poles than at the equator.
    Variations in the density of the Earth mean that gravity varies in strength and even direction. Near a large mountain, you are pulled a tiny bit towards the mountain away from being pulled straight down.
    Even the tides of the Moon and Sun are changing the local gravity, detectable by sensitive instruments.
    These effects are all tiny, and to a good approximation gravity is the same all over the surface of the Earth.

    If it were possible to drill to the earth's core however, the gravity would decrease to weightlessness at the centre. Something not anticpated by Jules Verne.

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  • by Eclipse sleeping by moonlight on May 30th, 2009

    Eclipse sleeping by moonlight

    Gravity is a constant, but depends on your distance from the center of mass. Also, gravity is somewhat counteracted on the earth by the earth's rotation, which would throw us off the surface if not for that gravity. The spin is greater at the equator than at the poles, so gravity "appears" to be weaker in the tropics than in the polar regions.

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  • by HDev is living On tHE EdgE on May 30th, 2009

    HDev is living On tHE EdgE

    No gravity is not same everywhere on earth... It varies with both the height you are at and the your position on earth( in terms of longitude and latitude).. You will feel heavier when at poles.. and lighter when at the equator

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  • by Chubbychaser84 on May 30th, 2009

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    no, gravity is the attraction between masses. Eg if you drop an apple the apple is attracted to the earth and the earth is also attracted to the apple but the apple moves and not the earth because the earth has a bigger mass than the apple and smaller things are attracted to things with a larger mass. the sun has a larger mass than the earth so the earth moves towards the sun and hence orbits it but the reason it doesnt continue to get closer to the sun and orbits it instead can be explained by mathematics. So actually the gravity on the higest points of the earth will be lower than on lower points in a similar area simily because the higher points are further away from most of the earth (as gravitational field decreases as you get further away from the centre of gravity). the gravity will also be stronger at the poles of the earth because they are somewhat flatter and therefore closer to the gravitational core than areas around the equator.

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  • by engineer is Terminator on May 30th, 2009

    engineer is Terminator

    Gravity varies along with lattitude and altitude.It's relatively weaker at the equator than at poles due to earth's rotation.

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  • by lovebettafish on May 30th, 2009

    lovebettafish

    Not sure I did read recently though that if you throw something west it goes farther than if you were to throw it east.???

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  • by Evil Genius on May 30th, 2009

    Evil Genius

    Yes gravity is same on earth

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  • by Karen Anne Queen of AB on May 30th, 2009

    Karen Anne Queen of AB

    +6 No it is not

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  • by mathsgeek on May 28th, 2009

    mathsgeek

    gravity is the same everywhere on earth mostly but there is a section in the bermuda triangle which has been proven to be double earths gravity due to active radiation

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  • by qwerty on May 30th, 2009

    qwerty

    The gravity you feel from the Earth depends on the distance you are from its center. So if you are up on mountains, there is less gravity. However, the difference is negligible, you wouldnt notice it.

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  • by Jo on May 30th, 2009

    Jo

    No it is not. However, the difference is quite neglibible assuming we limit the locations to those possible for a human to be at (i.e. not at the center of the earth or anything like that). My physics teacher told me that the further one gets from the center of the earth, the weaker the attraction we have to it. This means that on extremely elevated ground (such as Mt. Everest) there is a slight difference in gravity.

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  • by newton1 on August 7th, 2009

    newton1

    yes. 9.8m/s squared

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  • by Phillis - Zacks little sister on May 30th, 2009

    Phillis - Zacks little sister

    It must be. I am consistently overweight no matter what scales I step on.

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  • by Science Whiz on June 13th, 2009

    Science Whiz

    The rotation of the earth makes gravity slightly less at the equator. The gravity is slighty different because of elevation changes. The higher you go, the less gravity there is.

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