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Flat Earth Theory / Re: A question regarding the interconnectedness of physics
« on: March 30, 2019, 12:05:43 PM »I would love to see you begin with the field equations, incorporate structural mechanics, and derive the condition that planets must form spheres. That would impress me, and it would justify your claim!
In fact, I’d wager you could publish that feat.
And don’t spare the formalism, I can follow it.
If you could follow the formalism you would know what comes out. I don't think you'd be surprised to know that I can't. Not because I think its not true but mostly because I'm not trained in General Relativity. All I know is that its a generalization model of gravity that in a lot of cases linearizes well to Newtons laws of motion but of course if we simplify the math that way I'd suspect you'd argue that it doesn't count?
I mean there are sufficient sources that explain mathematical ways to derive the maximum height of objects: http://quarksandcoffee.com/index.php/2015/10/29/why-are-some-moons-spherical-but-others-are-shaped-like-potatoes/
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1004/1004.1091.pdf
And even then I doubt an analytical path without linearization or approximation from the Einstein field equations is possible wouldn't you think>
So if you don't accept that part of the argument (the radius part), then lets go back to my other problem which is equally valid, namely the fact that further south gravity would act under an angle if the flat earth is of finite size. Or it would be infinitely large which I doubt you believe.