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Can gravity of planets besides Sun and Moon affect tides on Earth?
The tides in some places on Earth are over 50 feet. If the gravity from Venus had a ten thousandth the affect of the Sun and Moon on a 50 foot tide it would make a difference of one twentieth of an ...
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Does gravity get stronger the higher up you are on a mountain?
So I saw this article stating that gravity is stronger on the top on the mountain due to there being more mass under you however I have read some questions other people have asked and most of the ...
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What would the surface temperature of the Earth be without the Sun? [closed]
If the Sun would not heat the earth, and never had heated it in the past,
its surface would only be heated from the inside.
What would be the current temperature of the surface?
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What exactly will happen if a small planet collides with Earth?
This is a video of a simulation of Ceres (a dwarf planet) hitting Earth at 2000km/s.
What strikes me the most, is how fast the shockwave is moving. It takes about 6 minutes for the shockwave to pass ...
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Are we increasing the gravity of Earth with our population?
I have these questions related to my question title:
Do we, other species and things have our own gravity?
How much Gs a human have?
Are we effecting Earth, nearby moons and planets with our gravity?
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How long until we fall into the Sun?
As a planet moves through the solar system, a bow shock is formed as the solar wind is decelerated by the magnetic field of the planet. Presumably the creation of this shock wave would cause drag on ...
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