RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?
August 5, 2015 at 5:22 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2015 at 5:24 pm by IATIA.)
(August 4, 2015 at 10:43 pm)pool Wrote:(August 4, 2015 at 8:03 pm)IATIA Wrote: And to the OP, IMHO, we are being pushed toward the earth rather than pulled toward the earth. Just like a vacuum, you do not get sucked into space, you get pushed.
You're probably going to find me disturbingly stupid when you find out that i was saying that we weren't being pushed of pulled towards the earth but away from the earth.
Yup,i said that we were being pushed away from earth.
When dealing with gravity and acceleration, either viewpoint is correct. Under acceleration the ground is pushing you faster and faster, whereas gravity 'pulls' you down. The math is the same either way.
Without a reference point, there is no way to distinguish between gravity or linear acceleration.
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