RE: Spinning Earth
February 2, 2009 at 3:49 pm
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2009 at 3:56 pm by leo-rcc.)
Unless you spend a lot of time laying down like me. 
From the Nasa site I found the difference of the spheroid of the poles and the spheroid of the equator is 42km.
The Earth's gravity field is also determined by how the material that makes up the Earth is distributed throughout the Earth. Because gravity changes over the surface of the Earth, the weight of an object changes along with it. The more dense materials beneath your feat, the more pull, the more you seem to weigh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid
From the Nasa site I found the difference of the spheroid of the poles and the spheroid of the equator is 42km.
The Earth's gravity field is also determined by how the material that makes up the Earth is distributed throughout the Earth. Because gravity changes over the surface of the Earth, the weight of an object changes along with it. The more dense materials beneath your feat, the more pull, the more you seem to weigh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoid
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
