Ludrol@szmer.info to BestOfLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoWhat if someone made a life size cardboard cutout of the sun?files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1imageWhat if someone made a life size cardboard cutout of the sun?files.catbox.moeLudrol@szmer.info to BestOfLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebufalo1973@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoEven if it’s flat, gravity works in that direction (radial).
minus-squarebufalo1973@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoPut a sheet of paper vertical and let gravity do its work. What happens? Then think about a BIG “sheet” that has gravity by itself. You end up with a ball.
minus-squareLudrol@szmer.infoOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoyes: that ball has 1018 kg mass that ball falls on earth and burns all the oxygen (debatable) or the cutout falls on earth like a big wrapper and burns evenly.
Even if it’s flat, gravity works in that direction (radial).
Yes, and?
Put a sheet of paper vertical and let gravity do its work. What happens? Then think about a BIG “sheet” that has gravity by itself. You end up with a ball.
yes: