Message from @hgb

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2020-02-07 23:46:21 UTC  

Imagine standing on an infinite plane. Where would gravity be acting on.

2020-02-07 23:46:31 UTC  

Towards the centre

2020-02-07 23:46:35 UTC  

Lol

2020-02-07 23:46:43 UTC  

Imagine an infinite plane

2020-02-07 23:46:46 UTC  

I am

2020-02-07 23:46:52 UTC  

Well where is it's centre?

2020-02-07 23:47:06 UTC  

∞/2

2020-02-07 23:47:12 UTC  

Lmao

2020-02-07 23:47:15 UTC  

But no.

2020-02-07 23:47:23 UTC  

Gravity would act downwards on such a plane

2020-02-07 23:47:29 UTC  

just not true

2020-02-07 23:47:37 UTC  

it would collapse onto that single point

2020-02-07 23:47:40 UTC  

Because every local position has the same mass on the plane

2020-02-07 23:47:47 UTC  

yes but tell me

2020-02-07 23:47:48 UTC  

You have the same mass to your left and right

2020-02-07 23:47:55 UTC  

where would its centre of mass be

2020-02-07 23:48:03 UTC  

It wouldn't matter in this case.

2020-02-07 23:48:14 UTC  

Break it down into a load of squares

2020-02-07 23:48:17 UTC  

it it the exact point

2020-02-07 23:48:29 UTC  

Imagine Minecraft, gravity would act downwards in that case.

2020-02-07 23:48:44 UTC  

Because a sufficiently far object exerts no force on you.

2020-02-07 23:49:04 UTC  

And you have the same mass uniformly radially around you and under you.

2020-02-07 23:49:19 UTC  

The problem with that is there is a centre of gravity somewhere

2020-02-07 23:49:34 UTC  

There's no problem with that at all.

2020-02-07 23:49:37 UTC  

An infinite plane with uniform mass does not exist

2020-02-07 23:49:41 UTC  

There is

2020-02-07 23:49:41 UTC  

Hehe

2020-02-07 23:49:47 UTC  

It doesn't need to be infinite

2020-02-07 23:49:51 UTC  

Just large enough

2020-02-07 23:50:01 UTC  

It does because then a centre of the object can be found

2020-02-07 23:50:07 UTC  

which is its centre of mass

2020-02-07 23:50:07 UTC  

And force would be uniformly downward.

2020-02-07 23:50:14 UTC  

which is where force would be applied from radially

2020-02-07 23:50:24 UTC  

making it crumple in on itslef

2020-02-07 23:50:25 UTC  

g = GM/r2 correct?

2020-02-07 23:50:32 UTC  

Well no.

2020-02-07 23:50:51 UTC  

Because it has uniform gravitational forces at all places expect its boundaries.

2020-02-07 23:50:56 UTC  

Except.

2020-02-07 23:51:02 UTC  

Unlike the earth

2020-02-07 23:51:07 UTC  

In a round sense

2020-02-07 23:51:19 UTC  

as the mass of such size would create such an immense gravity that it collapses in on itself