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Can an earthquake theoretically cause an airplane taking off/landing to crash?

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Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
does gravity increase or decrease proportional from the mass's center?

either way, without wind resistance or other friction you would "fall" just about to the other side, then fall back the way you came
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good question...im pretty sure it decreases when you get inside the radius based on the calculations. i dont remember all that well though.
 
Originally posted by: Bigsm00th
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
does gravity increase or decrease proportional from the mass's center?

either way, without wind resistance or other friction you would "fall" just about to the other side, then fall back the way you came
Click to expand...
good question...im pretty sure it decreases when you get inside the radius based on the calculations. i dont remember all that well though.
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Gravity decreases as the distance between the masses gets smaller.
 
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