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Flat Earth Discussion Boards => Flat Earth Theory => Topic started by: Loránd Eötvös on April 21, 2018, 04:29:55 AM

Title: Eötvös Effect
Post by: Loránd Eötvös on April 21, 2018, 04:29:55 AM

When traveling east, the perceived weight of an object decreases, and the opposite happens when traveling west. This phenomenon is known as the Eötvös effect, named after me. If gravity is truly a result of objects being less dense than air and sinking towards the ground, then the direction in which you travel should have no effect on this. However, it makes perfect sense on a spinning globe. Please explain.

Title: Re: Eötvös Effect
Post by: Stagiri on April 21, 2018, 05:36:23 AM

Quote from: Loránd Eötvös on April 21, 2018, 04:29:55 AM

When traveling east, the perceived weight of an object decreases, and the opposite happens when traveling west. This phenomenon is known as the Eötvös effect, named after me. If gravity is truly a result of objects being less dense than air and sinking towards the ground, then the direction in which you travel should have no effect on this. However, it makes perfect sense on a spinning globe. Please explain.

The FES thinks it's due to "celestial gravitation" (although applying it to the Eötvös effect inevitably leads to contradiction).

Title: Re: Eötvös Effect
Post by: SiDawg on April 22, 2018, 09:15:28 AM

Yeah someone posted on this the other day. A brilliant way to debunk flat earth. I proposed they travel on the shanghai maglev: travels pretty much perfectly east/west, and goes 430km/h... would quite easily be able to measure the effect, and you'd be able to travel back and forth and measure the effect at the EXACT same point, so celestial gravity "explanation" is null and void.