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« on: March 27, 2018, 03:19:06 PM »
Firstly, the celestial gravitational (CG for short) field cannot be uniform, there must be areas of lower and higher gravitational pull. Otherwise, objects on the surface of the Earth would be pulled evenly and there would be no differences in gravitational acceleration.
Secondly, the CG must increase to the east and decrease to the west in order to cause the observed Eötvös effect. Furthermore, this must be true for every point and any points on the Earth since the Eötvös effect is universal.
However, it is impossible for the strength of the CG to constantly increase in one direction and decrease in the other. Imagine going around an empty clock dial "eastbound" and writing numbers representing the strength of the CG on it. After completing a full 360° rev you would find out that the number to the west is actually greater than the number to the east when it should be lesser (see paragraph two).
Moreover, the total gravitational pull of the "west half" would be greater than the total gravitational pull of the "east half". That would result in an eventual westbound pull which once again contradicts the whole scenario.
In conclusion, the CG cannot be the cause of the Eötvös effect.