Gravitational gradient would be, basically, nonexistent in an egg. On Mar 20, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Canopus56 wrote:
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
What?!? No mention of balancing of eggs on the equinox? :)
I'd be interested in hearing about the physics of it in terms of strength of Sun's gravitational field. While the Sun exerts enough gravitational attraction to pull the Earth's oceans "up" many feet, I'm assuming the field strength is too low to affect an egg.
- Canopus56 (Kurt)
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