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From: edk@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ed Kaulakis)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Plantes & actions (was Re: Omni-Americans)
Message-ID: <3080@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 88 06:38:24 GMT
References: <3021@gryphon.CTS.COM> <1246@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, Ca.
Lines: 12
Keywords: tides
Summary: Principle of equivalence!

In article <1246@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>, lindsay@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Donald Lindsay)
writes:
> In article <3021@gryphon.CTS.COM> edk@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ed Kaulakis) writes
> (in reply to Mark Hopkins):
> 
> >BUT the 1/R^2 field of Jupiter influences the path of the Earth; what is
> >observable by a critter such as you or me on the surface of said Earth is 
> >the somewhat!! weaker 1/R^3 tidal psuedo-force. Does this change your 
> >calculations? If so does it change your conclusions? If not why not?
> 
> Good point. The tidal forces matter.

AAARGH! **ONLY** THE TIDAL FORCES MATTER!!!!