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From: mcb@styx.UUCP (Michael C. Berch)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle,net.sci
Subject: Re: A heavy problem
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Date: Tue, 12-Aug-86 22:51:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 12 22:51:14 1986
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Summary: A question of definitions...

>    This is the promised posting of the results of my question, what things
>    would tend to be taller and thinner under higher gravity?

I'm not sure what the thrust of the original question is. The question
could either mean

A. "What actual earthly objects, if taken to a planet of higher
gravity, would become taller and thinner?"  -or-

B. "What objects are likely to {grow,be designed} to be taller and
thinner on a planet with higher gravity than Earth?"

In case "A" essentially anything that is suspended from above and has
some sort of elasticity would be thinner, and, I suppose, "taller".

Michael C. Berch
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