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Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251440#Comment_2514402010-07-21T15:37:24-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
Does anyone know of a way to negate the gravitational pull of a planet??
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251441#Comment_2514412010-07-21T15:41:02-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
Get far enough away from it that the effects are negligible. If you're talking about true anti-gravity, then no. At least, not in practical terms.
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251442#Comment_2514422010-07-21T15:46:40-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00James Pucketthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911
Lots and lots of helium balloons.
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251445#Comment_2514452010-07-21T16:05:50-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
I'm thinking in terms of an entire planet. So say you could move a planet beside ours. How could you negate the gravitational pull of that planet?
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251449#Comment_2514492010-07-21T16:33:46-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00D.J.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196
Fill everything on it with helium.
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251450#Comment_2514502010-07-21T16:39:48-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00James Pucketthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911
How could you negate the gravitational pull of that planet?
One can’t actually negate a gravitational pull. Matter attracts matter, it’s just how the universe works. A gravitational pull can ...
How could you negate the gravitational pull of that planet?
One can’t actually negate a gravitational pull. Matter attracts matter, it’s just how the universe works. A gravitational pull can be avoided either by having so little mass as to be unaffected by gravity or moving with enough energy to overcome gravity.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251451#Comment_2514512010-07-21T16:40:05-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00Oddculthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214
Last time I had to do something like that, I used an XT-87 Gravity Nullifier. There was some vibration, but I compensated with a weird magic stone thing I picked up from a shop in Glasgow.
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251453#Comment_2514532010-07-21T17:04:56-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
Okay, so that is completely in the realm of science fiction and not science fact. Good to know. Thanks guys.
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251455#Comment_2514552010-07-21T18:10:48-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00SilentObjectorhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2587
If you kept the planet moving at some speed so as to have both planets orbiting each other as they orbit another body, I could conceivably see it working. But then, I don't know shit about ...
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251460#Comment_2514602010-07-21T18:33:49-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00oddbillhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4272
Planets orbiting each other still affect each other gravitationally.
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251462#Comment_2514622010-07-21T18:43:49-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00Val A Lindsay IIhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1680
Gravity is the weakest force of nature, yet the hardest to overcome...
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251464#Comment_2514642010-07-21T19:15:28-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00James Cunninghamhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html?_r=1
A theory that describes gravity as a side-product of a separate force entirely, which leads nicely to the thought that, if the ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13gravity.html?_r=1
A theory that describes gravity as a side-product of a separate force entirely, which leads nicely to the thought that, if the underlying principle is better understood, the effect can be controlled. I'm not 100% clear on the theory but it could be fun to play with.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251466#Comment_2514662010-07-21T19:36:34-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
What I'm thinking now is given that gravity seems to occur around large groups of matter, is this what propels objects through space? In a vacuum in space with no large bodies of matter around, is ...
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251468#Comment_2514682010-07-21T19:39:48-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
Does all matter have a gravitational force? If I were left in a vacuum in space, would I start to attract smaller bodies to myself?
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251469#Comment_2514692010-07-21T19:41:05-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00David Matthewhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2886
Theoretically, I suppose that there could be spots that are far enough away from anything to be unaffected by gravity...
...but it'd be useless, because as soon as something moved toward them, hey ...
...but it'd be useless, because as soon as something moved toward them, hey presto, gravity field comes with it. Gravity's pull is, as far as we know, a fundamental principle of matter -- everything has a gravatic pull.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251471#Comment_2514712010-07-21T19:50:33-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
Okay so if the universe is expanding due to the big bang, and it is theorized that there will one day be a big crunch, does that make the center of the universe a place of pure gravitational force? ...
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251475#Comment_2514752010-07-21T20:33:28-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00oddbillhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4272
@mjmartinejohn - Answers are in your public library.
Or on the internet.
Answers areinyourpubliclibrary.
Orontheinternet.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251478#Comment_2514782010-07-21T21:28:11-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
Okay so if the universe is expanding due to the big bang, and it is theorized that there will one day be a big crunch, does that make the center of the universe a place of pure gravitational force? ...
Okay so if the universe is expanding due to the big bang, and it is theorized that there will one day be a big crunch, does that make the center of the universe a place of pure gravitational force? So many questions, so few answers.
There is a lot inside this question. First of all, the "Big Crunch" theory is probably not going to happen. It is more likely that the universe will end with a whimper than a bang; there just isn't enough matter that we know of to produce the high gravity required to collapse the universe.
The second thing is that the "center" of the universe is a pretty hard concept. It's not totally clear where it all came from. Most objects in the universe appear to be moving away from us; does that make us the center? Probably not. Furthermore, you can't have an area of "pure gravitational force." Matter's presence in the spacetime field creates gravity via a method we are not totally sure of. There's no gravity without matter.
Lastly, there IS a very strange thing, called the Great Attractor, which appears to be affecting the movement of a lot of the galaxies we can see (including our own!). We don't know what it is or how it got there, and it's one of the truly great mysteries of astrophysics.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251485#Comment_2514852010-07-21T23:05:54-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00Rootfireemberhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551
Maybe if you become a scientologist it'll negate the gravity?
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251492#Comment_2514922010-07-22T02:16:24-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00James Cunninghamhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925
Seeing as our perspective on the universe is skewed by it being bigger than light can travel to us during its existence, "center" doesn't seem like it's a concept we can apply to it. For ...
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251499#Comment_2514992010-07-22T04:50:47-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
How to counteract gravity?
Levity.
Levity.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251503#Comment_2515032010-07-22T05:27:45-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00mjmartinejohnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529
Yes, I admit my understanding of gravity is not the greatest, but learning things later in life keeps things interesting.
Thanks for all the books @oddbill. I'll watch the videos ...
Thanks for all the books @oddbill. I'll watch the videos now.
@Cat Vincent HEHEHE. Probably the best idea.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251509#Comment_2515092010-07-22T07:11:23-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
Theoretically, I suppose that there could be spots that are far enough away from anything to be unaffected by gravity...
No. The strength of gravitational pull of an object reduces rapidly with ...
Theoretically, I suppose that there could be spots that are far enough away from anything to be unaffected by gravity...
No. The strength of gravitational pull of an object reduces rapidly with distance, but it never goes to zero. (You can think of it mathematically; however large your "x" is, "1/x" will never = 0 ). For this reason, all matter in the universe has some influence on every other bit of matter and there is always some combination of gravitational pull on you wherever you are.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251516#Comment_2515162010-07-22T08:41:19-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00SteadyUPhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302
From my admittedly amateur perspective, I do like to think that there could still be something to the big crunch, if only because a model of the universe that involves an end point just seems ...
this - even though it seems to be spreading out, it may already be crunching via some other dimension, and thus, eternally recurring.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251524#Comment_2515242010-07-22T10:03:05-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00city creedhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530
Last time I had to do something like that, I used an XT-87 Gravity Nullifier.
LIES!!!
The XT-87 is a useless piece of garbage. I tried to use one to levitate the laundry off the floor of my room, ...
Last time I had to do something like that, I used an XT-87 Gravity Nullifier.
LIES!!! The XT-87 is a useless piece of garbage. I tried to use one to levitate the laundry off the floor of my room, but it ended up collapsing into an event horizon - which sucked. I am still missing socks! Dark forces, best left unmeddled with etc etc.
I strongly advise everyone not to buy anything from the XT range of Gravity Management Devices as it is obvious exploitative quackery on a par with so-called "magnets".
There was some vibration, but I compensated with a weird magic stone thing I picked up from a shop in Glasgow.
This bit is true though. Glaswegian stones = no tremors.]]>
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251538#Comment_2515382010-07-22T14:51:11-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00purvisionhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1668
Theoretically, what about an orb of anti-matter of sufficient size placed in the middle of said planet? Y'know, not touching any of the planet around it somehow...
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251541#Comment_2515412010-07-22T16:02:59-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00John Skylarhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8976
@purvision Antimatter is thought to exert a normal, attractive gravitational pull, so the majority of physicists would say no.
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251547#Comment_2515472010-07-22T16:33:20-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00ruzkinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6220
Thankyou Whitechapel, for making me learn!
Gravityhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8612&Focus=251562#Comment_2515622010-07-23T00:09:21-07:002013-05-19T23:59:11-07:00izenmaniahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5328
@purvision What Skylar said. Antimatter does not have negative gravity. Or even negative energy, necessarily... that is the purview of virtual particles, which are different from antiparticles, and ...
(Fortuitous time for this discussion... I just finished reading Brief History of Time this morning and got about a third of the way through Einstein's book on relativity tonight on the bus.)]]>