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Flat Earth Theory / How does gravity work?

« on: April 06, 2018, 06:18:41 AM »

So like, I get the whole earth moving up at a constant acceleration thing. But why does the acceleration of gravity decrease as altitude increases. If the earth is moving up shouldn't gravity be consistent since there is no force pulling us toward the earth to grow weaker over distance. Can someone please explain why acceleration toward the earth gets slower with altitude?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Flat Earth Math, and what you should see, shall the Earth be round

« on: April 05, 2018, 09:36:06 AM »

Isn't this math just following a y=x^2 rule. This will assume that the world takes on more of U shape than an O shape. If you're doing the curvature of the earth, assuming it is round, it would better to follow a (y-h)^2+(x-k)^2=r^2 rule. This will account for the circular nature of the earth rather than a parabolic model. Therefore, the curvature of the earth will come out to be (y-h)^2=r^2-(x-k)^2 and the rate of curvature will be approximately dy/dx=-x/y, I haven't actually put in the numbers and have no stance whatsoever. I'm not a professional at this stuff though I'm just a dumb mechatronics engineer so my mathematical skills are more CENTRED around programing (pun intended )