Comment on Would a disk shaped planet have uniform gravity like earth or would it vary depending on whether you're near the center or edges?

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• ProfessorScience@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are you calling me fat?!

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  • OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Babe, you have a moon.

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    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      😆 Very nice. Thanks for the laugh.

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• ooterness@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s mostly uniform. There is variation by location, but the maximum difference is +/- 0.7% from the nominal value of 9.8 m/s^2.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Enough to influence pole vaulters.

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