Questions tagged [gravity]
Questions regarding the attractive force which exists between any two bodies of matter.
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Are there places in the Universe without gravity?
Not sure if that is possible as I couldn't find an answer about it.
Are there places in the Universe where there are no gravitational forces?
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Was there a formula-first hypothesis for gravity?
Being a mathematician I wonder, has there been an attempt to blindly approximate a formula for gravitational attraction that would match the data, based on "normal" matter we can see plus ...
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Gravity of a gaseous planet without a core
Both Jupiter and Saturn have rocky cores. Is there such of a thing as a gaseous planet without a core? And would a planet without a core have gravity?
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Can two neighboring galaxies move apart at steady speed?
While I was trying to understand the three models that obey Friedmann's two assumptions of a non-static universe, I came across a line that says and I quote "It (referring to Big Bang) starts at ...
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If a black hole has the same mass as me, then why dont i suck everything at my center of mass?
So, a black hole is very dense that you can get really close to its center of mass that it has a strong pull, well, if i have the mass of a black hole that has a really small event horizon, why doesnt ...
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Gravity inside a star?
Recently, I answered this question and need some clarification regarding the gravity when within the radius of a star. I thought that, when something is inside a star (ignoring drag), it will ...
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If a black hole has a mass similar to a star, why does it have a different gravitational pull?
Say there is a black hole with 1 solar mass, having the sun's mass, it would have the same gravity as the sun, right? But it still has an event horizon, so why does it have such a strong gravitational ...
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Accretion disk formation
Why a mass transfer in a binary star system, from the less dense star to the denser star forms an accretion disk? Why the material does not fall directly to the denserstar?
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Calculating the radial tidal amplitude on a planet from the fluid Love numbers
How do you calculate tidal amplitudes from the fluid Love numbers? In my course on planetary physics I saw an approximate expression for the displacement from equilibrium tide:
$$\Big|\frac{V_T}{g}\...
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Is there anything different about the gravitation around a non-spinning black hole and a neutron star of the same mass?
If we perform a simple experiment by orbiting identical spacecraft around a non-rotating black hole and a non-rotating neutron star of equal mass at a "safe" distance, and ignore differences ...
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Can Newton's gravity equation explain why black holes are so strong?
I was just wondering why black hole's gravitational forces are so powerful. I know it's usually explained by Einstein's relativity which states that when an object becomes infinitely dense (a compact ...
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Moon cycles used for gardening & harvesting
I appreciate that this question may deviate from the standard astronomy questions.
I have recently read an article that suggest that gardeners, farmers & winemakers etc sometime use the moon's ...
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Is the measurement of distance and position of remote celestial bodies accurate?
Considering that light is affected by gravity, how accurate are measurements of distant stars and galaxies?
When light passes through objects with great mass, such as Jupiter size planets, stars, or ...
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Is the measurement of distance and position of far away objects accurate? [duplicate]
Considering that light is affected by gravity, how accurate are our measurements of distant stars and galaxies?
When light passes through objects with great mass, such as Jupiter size planets, or ...
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Does bending of light around the Sun depend on the wavelength?
If the energy of light is high, does its curvature differ from that of low-energy light around the Sun? In other words, if the wavelength of the light is shorter than another wavelength of light, then ...
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I have a scientific paper on gravity, how do I publish it, and will my research benefit me? [closed]
I read a lot about gravity and discovered a hole in it, and I want to publish that hole, but I am not good at mathematics. To show that gap, what should I do? Should I use Newton's equations which are ...
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Is there a way to estimate or calculate the tidal range induced on a water-bearing planet?
Consider a system in which a central star is orbited by a planet with liquid water oceans, which is itself orbited by a moon.
Given the masses and distances between these three objects, is there some ...
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Computing the rate of orbital decay
We know that the estimated time until a binary system merges is given by: $$\dfrac{5c^5r^4}{256G^3(m_1m_2)(m_1+m_2)}$$ But what is the formula to determine rate of decay, in some sort of distance unit,...
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A comet orbits the Sun in the same plane as Earth's orbit
If the Earth around the Sun follows a practically circular orbit of radius equal to one astronomical unit, determine its orbital speed in astronomical units per year.
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Can air/gas be slowed down by friction [closed]
Can wind/air that is moving at average speeds be slowed down by the cause of Friction? Also, Can Air bubbles in water be slowed down because of Friction? Please cite your sources.
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This article says the moon may start moving closer to the Earth in the distant future; could this be true?
Bruce Dorminey wrote an article for Forbes with the title of "Earth And Moon May Be On Long-Term Collision Course". The article notes:
"For now, our anomalously large Moon is spinning ...
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How spaghettification is possible at the Event Horizon of a supermassive black hole?
if gravity is too strong then it will break a object apart as gravity is strong enough to break the chemical composition of object why we consider "Spaghettification" relevant in this case ?
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If the Sun disappeared, could some planets form a new orbital system?
If the sun were to suddenly disappear, the planets would continue to travel tangentially to their former orbits. (This I know from this answer to a somewhat related question here.)
In such a scenario, ...
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Orbital decay via gravitational emission in a hypothetical, two-body universe
Assume we have a universe with nothing in it except for two objects. One of them is a stationary object that is perfectly spherical with the mass of the Moon (without any atmosphere, of course; also, ...
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How do pressure, temperature, and gravity affect a smaller body than Earth with the same bulk composition?
Earth has a density of about ${\rm 5.513 ~g/cm^3}$ with one Earth radius and one $g$. Venus, a very similar planet to Earth and likely with about the same bulk composition, has a density of about ${\...
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How much lighter would someone be on the Jupiter-facing side of Io?
Io is the Galilean moon closest to Jupiter. Its average surface gravity is 0.183g and it has a tidal lock with Jupiter. So if you stood on the near side of Io at the equator, how much lighter would ...
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In 'Modified gravity' theories like MOND, are galaxies and stars actually, slowly accelerating? In the normal sense? normal
In M.O.N.D., they say that massive objects, accelerating slowly, experience this modified gravity...
But, are they actually gaining in velocity, albeit very slowly?
Or are the MOND theorists using the ...
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Will there be any more planets come into our solar system and make it their “home”?
Could we have more planets come into our system and get trapped by our suns gravitational field and rotate?
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New evidence against the existence of dark matter?
I've just read and heard about an article which gives new evidence for MOND - Modified Newtonian Dynamics, which is an alternative to dark matter by proposing that our gravitational law should be ...
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Recent research regarding if the local group of galaxies will remain bound to the Virgo Cluster?
The question of if the local group of galaxies will remain bound to the Virgo Cluster has been asked before (Is the local group bound to the Virgo cluster?). I am wondering if there is any more recent ...
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I need to study space, planets and black holes, how do I study them on my own [closed]
I need to study space, planets and black holes, how do I study them on my own, knowing that I am an Arab and I do not know English. I use translation applications. I speak with you. Can you help me ...
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Will 1036 Ganymed's orbit be changed by its close encounter with Mars in 2176?
In 2176, the asteroid Ganymed will come as close as 0.02868 AU (4,290,000 km / 2,670,000 mi) from Mars. That's pretty close to Mars imho. Can Mars' gravity alter Ganymed's orbit significantly in 2176 ...
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How to conceptualize the strong equivalence principle (SEP) in the context of stellar motion in an extragalactic galaxy?
In the theory of general relativity, the SEP states all the laws of nature are the same in a uniform static gravitational field and the equivalent accelerated reference frame. I've been reading the ...
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Is Jupiter really shepherding the main belt, and Neptune the Kuiper belt?
By "dominating another object's orbit" my understanding is that the most massive body's gravity has so much influence that, when they come close, it makes the other body/bodies' orbits shift ...
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What is the mass for a celestial body to definitely achieve hydrostatic equilibrium?
While these posts (attempt to) answer what the minimum mass is to be able to achieve an ellipsoidal shape, my question asks for the mass at which a body definitely collapses into an ellipsoid. Meaning,...
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Do some galaxies collide faster than the speed of light?
If some galaxies expand away from each other faster than the speed of light then do they collide faster than the speed of light?
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I guess my question is what's the max speed/velocity at ...
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Correlation between supermassive black hole properties and galaxy rotation speed
Is there any correlation between the size or spin - or any other properties - of a galaxy's central supermassive black hole and the speed of galaxy rotation (which I think would also be proportional ...
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Question about redshift and effective gravity at the rotating neutron star surface
For a rapidly rotating neutron star, if consider the star as a sphere, redshift at the equator surface will be larger than at the pole. But if consider the star as an obsolate sphereiod (the ellipsoid ...
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Was there ever a meteorite with a measurable gravity?
Did we ever find a meteorite (a meteoroid that has fallen down to Earth) whose mass, density and gravity were high enough to demonstrate their gravity similar to the Cavendish experiment, so that ...
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How does a planet-sized robot standing on a planet affect its gravity? [closed]
I originally asked this at the sci-fi exchange but was told it was off-topic as it was about real-world science.
Here is a picture of Unicron standing on top of the planet Cybertron, as written by ...
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Do planets have effect on velocity of Earth?
There is method for finding extrasolar planets called Transit-timing variation. If I understood correctly, exoplanets accelerate or decelerate each other (according on their position), so we can ...
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How small could an orbital system be in our solar system?
Answers to How does the Sun's gravity have so much force and pull on the solar system? How does it scale? Newton's law of gravity scales on orbits so that we can theorize very small orbits with very ...
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How does the Sun's gravity have so much force and pull on the solar system? How does it scale?
Watched this video: https://fb.watch/1U0vCFBr0L/
Ok, so the distances are huge. And the sizes are much different. But I wonder how then the sun keeps the planets etc. orbiting it. If we swap out all ...
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What makes protoplanetary disks start rotating? (Initial energy needed to rotate)
Planets form from a protoplanetary disk that has been rotating around its star. The initial energy that makes them rotate really matters to me.
Why did the protoplanetary disk start rotating around ...
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If suddenly “knocked” or perturbed from its orbit, would gravity eventually return the Earth to its original orbit?
If suddenly "knocked" or perturbed from its orbit, would gravity eventually return the Earth to its original orbit?
I am curious as to whether this is even possible.
It seems to me that ...
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Confused about rubber sheet analogy!
How to resolve confusions on the rubber sheet analogy of the spacetime curvatures?
I am a newbie to spacetime curvature. I have watched several youtube videos on Einsteins GR and spacetime curvature ...
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Gravity on Mercury's highest elevation?
This post answers what is Mars' gravity at its highest point (Olympus Mons) compared to the Earth's and Mars' standard, it's 0.3736 g (Mars standard is 0.3794 g). This also seems to be the lowest ...
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Does Einstein's theory of gravity say anything about the direction of space [closed]
Why is every representation of Einstein's theory of gravity depicted like this:
and not like this:
And many other ways it can be depicted. They suggest that the fabric of space-time is a flat plane
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Intuition about why gravity is inversely proportional to exactly square of distance between objects
What is the intuition behind why gravity is inversely proportional to exactly square of distance between two object and not cube or not some multiplier. Basically how Newton came up that its exactly ...
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What are “non-Keplerian” orbits? What are some familiar examples in our solar system, and can some still be closed?
This excellent answer to Forms of stellar orbits around the galactic center invokes the following concepts:
non-Keplerian orbits
closed orbits
I have a fairly good idea what these mean and so might ...
