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Spzi , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) There is no area or volume of zero gravity inside planets or stars. It exists as a point, but since it’s a point, it has zero size. Go in any direction from that point, no matter how little. Now more mass is behind you than in front of you; you feel gravity pulling you back. Edit: Seems I was wrong, sorry. …stackexchange.com/…/gravitational-field-intensit… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_theorem “If the body is a spherically symmetric shell (i.e., a hollow ball), no net gravitational force is exerted by the shell on any object inside, regardless of the object’s location within the shell.”
There is no area or volume of zero gravity inside planets or stars. It exists as a point, but since it’s a point, it has zero size.
Go in any direction from that point, no matter how little. Now more mass is behind you than in front of you; you feel gravity pulling you back.
Edit: Seems I was wrong, sorry.
“If the body is a spherically symmetric shell (i.e., a hollow ball), no net gravitational force is exerted by the shell on any object inside, regardless of the object’s location within the shell.”
Jeredin OP , 10 months ago So it’s not zero but low gravity and increases the more mass-I leave behind me as I move out from the center?
So it’s not zero but low gravity and increases the more mass-I leave behind me as I move out from the center?
Spzi , 10 months ago That’s exactly what I meant, yes. I’m not sure if it was correct though, edited my previous comment. Though maybe you did not ask about hollow bodies.
That’s exactly what I meant, yes.
I’m not sure if it was correct though, edited my previous comment. Though maybe you did not ask about hollow bodies.