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It would be nice if the article gave analogies to the varying effects of gravity depending on your location in the world (e.g. jumping up and down on the north
by hansy 16y ago
It would be nice if the article gave analogies to the varying effects of gravity depending on your location in the world (e.g. jumping up and down on the north pole would be like jumping up and down in North America with a 5 pound brick attached to your shoes.)
At least for humans, it would be fascinating to learn if evolutionary discrepancies among different people across the world can be attributed to differing gravitational effects.
- iuytghyjuyh 16y agoSee the xkcd cartoon in the first comment
- Seth_Kriticos 16y agoThey emphased the data with a factor of 10.000 to get the differences through, so I'd guesstimate the weight in the ballpark of a gram (0,0022 pound nugget). As for what it's good for, the article has a good example: "Now, with Goce, we can unify this so that we don't get the sort of surprises we had when they built the Channel Tunnel and discovered a half-metre offset between the UK and France."