From: Rock Brentwood on
On Jun 15, 2:27 pm, GogoJF <jfgog...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> According to my new theory, larger objects fall more slowly than
> smaller objects.

It falls faster, not slower. For instance, if one object is the mass
of a small rock, it will fall with an acceleration of around 9.8
meters/second^2 near the surface of the Earth.

If the other object, on the other hand, is the mass of the sun, it and
the Earth will fall into each other at a much greater acceleration --
namely that which corresponds to the acceleration of gravity that
would be encountered around an object the mass of the sun at a
distance from its center of gravity equal to the distance of the
Earth's center to the object's center of gravity. (Never mind the
extreme tidal effects).

According to your theory, if you stick a planet the size and mass of
the Earth near the sun, the sun will never fall into the Earth-like
planet (i.e., the two bodies will never fall into each other) because
the sun's mass would be way beyond that threshold where you deemed
objects would no longer be acted on by the Earth's gravity.
From: Androcles on

"Rock Brentwood" <federation2005(a)netzero.com> wrote in message
news:eb4c3216-768d-43ee-8471-442a3b183266(a)i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 15, 2:27 pm, GogoJF <jfgog...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> According to my new theory, larger objects fall more slowly than
> smaller objects.

It falls faster, not slower.
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No. It's his theory, he can make it do whatever he wants and you
haven't shown otherwise, you stupid snipping prick.




From: Sam on
On Jun 15, 3:13 pm, GogoJF <jfgog...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2:48 pm, Sam <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> > On Jun 15, 2:27 pm, GogoJF <jfgog...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > I propose a new theory of gravity.  According to conventional theory,
> > > two objects of different weight, dropped off a tower, will land at
> > > precisely the same time.
>
> > > According to my new theory, the two objects only appear to land at the
> > > same time because, in reference to the size of the Earth, the two
> > > different weighted objects are virtually the same weight when compared
> > > to the size of the Earth.
>
> > > According to my new theory, larger objects fall more slowly than
> > > smaller objects.  As objects become larger and larger, and finally can
> > > be compared to the size of the Earth, these objects will begin to fall
> > > more slowly.
>
> >   Your new theory is contradicted by observation.
>
> In this case, the results of the observation obscure the truth of the
> situation.

How so? Measurement is the final arbiter.