I have heard somewere that certain swiss lakes generates anomalous
gravity effects.Someone knows the names of these lakes?

Cyrrex wrote:

I have heard somewere that certain swiss lakes generates anomalous
gravity effects.Someone knows the names of these lakes?

There are zero gravity anomalies anywhere on Earth. The best you can
hope for is optical illusions and outright lies.

--
Uncle Al
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Uncle Al wrote:


There are zero gravity anomalies anywhere on Earth. The best you can
hope for is optical illusions and outright lies.

What is meant by the term gravity anomalies?

If you drop a plumb bob while standing next to Mt. Everest the plumb bob
does not point exactly to earth center. Mt. Everest exerts enough of a
pull on the bob so the direction of the plumb line is affected.

Bob Kolker

There are zero gravity anomalies anywhere on Earth. The best you can
hope for is optical illusions and outright lies.

What is meant by the term gravity anomalies?

If you drop a plumb bob while standing next to Mt. Everest the plumb bob
does not point exactly to earth center. Mt. Everest exerts enough of a
pull on the bob so the direction of the plumb line is affected.

Even if you're not standing next to a mountain, the Coriolis force will
push the bob away from pointing to the centre of mass.

--
Jamieson Christie

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:42:26 +0100, Jamieson Christie
wrote:


There are zero gravity anomalies anywhere on Earth. The best you can
hope for is optical illusions and outright lies.

What is meant by the term gravity anomalies?

If you drop a plumb bob while standing next to Mt. Everest the plumb bob
does not point exactly to earth center. Mt. Everest exerts enough of a
pull on the bob so the direction of the plumb line is affected.

Even if you're not standing next to a mountain, the Coriolis force will
push the bob away from pointing to the centre of mass.

--
Jamieson Christie
You need to be moving to get a Coriolus force.

John C. Polasek wrote:

You need to be moving to get a Coriolus force.

Doh! I'm confusing this with something else. Sorry.

In article , Jamieson Christie writes:

There are zero gravity anomalies anywhere on Earth. The best you can
hope for is optical illusions and outright lies.

What is meant by the term gravity anomalies?

If you drop a plumb bob while standing next to Mt. Everest the plumb bob
does not point exactly to earth center. Mt. Everest exerts enough of a
pull on the bob so the direction of the plumb line is affected.

Even if you're not standing next to a mountain, the Coriolis force will
push the bob away from pointing to the centre of mass.

No, the coriolis force will do nothing of the sort. It is only acting
on moving (relative to Earth) objects,thus it cannot change the
equilibrium point. On the other hand the centrifugal force will
indeed, in general, change the direction of the bob. None of this,
however, has anything to do with any "gravitational anomalies".

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
| chances are he is doing just the same"

Jamieson Christie wrote:
Even if you're not standing next to a mountain, the Coriolis force will
push the bob away from pointing to the centre of mass.

Even after correction is made for for force related to the rotation of
the earth, the plumb bob is still not pointing straight down. The
mountain is pulling on the plumb bob.

Bob Kolker

wrote:

indeed, in general, change the direction of the bob. None of this,
however, has anything to do with any "gravitational anomalies".

What does the term mean?

Bob Kolker

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:47:36 -0400, "Robert J. Kolker"
wrote:



Jamieson Christie wrote:
Even if you're not standing next to a mountain, the Coriolis force will
push the bob away from pointing to the centre of mass.

Even after correction is made for for force related to the rotation of
the earth, the plumb bob is still not pointing straight down. The
mountain is pulling on the plumb bob.

Semantics here are important..., the mountain is influencing the plum
bob. The mountain 'pulls' nothing...

Paul Stowe