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?

ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is it more or less at the equator? And does altitude affect it?

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  • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Less gravity at the equator than the poles because of a combo of the earths bulge and spin

    And less gravity at altitude

    Granted the difference between pole and equator is like 0.5% and the difference at the peak of Mount Everest and sea level is even less, I just find gravimetry fascinating since I was a kid watching Mythbusters

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