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Depress_Mode@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I’m no physicist, so I could be wrong, but I don’t think the magnitude would change, only the direction gravity pulls you in. It might “feel” stronger the same way gravity might “feel” stronger when ascending an ever-steepening hill, though.

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Azzu@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You said the literal opposite of what you later explained. “Always toward the center” = direction does not change, magnitude changes.

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- Depress_Mode@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Did I? I was thinking in the sense that when climbing a steep hill, gravity isn’t actually any stronger, you’re just fighting against it more, since you’re travelling more vertically than horizontally at some point.
  
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