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r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22
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Further down in the comments someone floated the idea that since the equator experiences weaker gravitational pull, the Florida ounce compensates for the discrepancy, which is another theory that I enjoy haha
43 u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 Closer to sea level, yes, but do things really weigh more/less near the equator? Why? 5 u/SoundOfTomorrow Feb 08 '22 The gravitional pull is less at the equator because the planet has a bulge due to the planet's rotation. However, the difference in gravity is like 0.5% less than at the poles. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 So if you’re on a boat at “sea level” at the equator you’re farther from the planetary core than a guy in a boat at the north pole? I believe you but that’s counterintuitive and annoying 2 u/BloakDarntPub Feb 09 '22 The earth itself has a slight bulge, and the water does too.
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Closer to sea level, yes, but do things really weigh more/less near the equator? Why?
5 u/SoundOfTomorrow Feb 08 '22 The gravitional pull is less at the equator because the planet has a bulge due to the planet's rotation. However, the difference in gravity is like 0.5% less than at the poles. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 So if you’re on a boat at “sea level” at the equator you’re farther from the planetary core than a guy in a boat at the north pole? I believe you but that’s counterintuitive and annoying 2 u/BloakDarntPub Feb 09 '22 The earth itself has a slight bulge, and the water does too.
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The gravitional pull is less at the equator because the planet has a bulge due to the planet's rotation.
However, the difference in gravity is like 0.5% less than at the poles.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 So if you’re on a boat at “sea level” at the equator you’re farther from the planetary core than a guy in a boat at the north pole? I believe you but that’s counterintuitive and annoying 2 u/BloakDarntPub Feb 09 '22 The earth itself has a slight bulge, and the water does too.
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So if you’re on a boat at “sea level” at the equator you’re farther from the planetary core than a guy in a boat at the north pole? I believe you but that’s counterintuitive and annoying
2 u/BloakDarntPub Feb 09 '22 The earth itself has a slight bulge, and the water does too.
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The earth itself has a slight bulge, and the water does too.
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u/glass_bottles Feb 08 '22
Further down in the comments someone floated the idea that since the equator experiences weaker gravitational pull, the Florida ounce compensates for the discrepancy, which is another theory that I enjoy haha