When comparing the centripetal acceleration of the Earth which tends to spin the Earth’s mass outward, with the gravitational forces pulling it together, we see an interesting result.
- centripetal force
(1)
- gravitational forces
(2)
Set the two equal to determine the static conditions for the surface of the planet1
(3)
(4)
Accurate
Now Using (5)
Atomic Mass of Hydrogen (6)
And
(7)
(8)
Continuing,
(9)
And (10)
Let
Now, the distance D.E.:
(11)
Let
Figure 1
Figure 1 Static Equilibrium of acceleration to gravity with a hollow core.
Now Circumference=Area
(12)
Let
(13)
Math Energy
(14)
AT Density
We see that the constant is very close to
, the speed of light, within the marginal error of significant digits.
The
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