Posted: Apr 21, 2018 4:00 am
by Yaniv
Thommo wrote:Ok, so in (ii) at the Earth's surface the force of "gravity" pushes upwards, away from the Earth.

This is also easily tested at home. Drop something. If it hits the floor, then you've just falsified your theory by experiment.

Atoms and nuclei in objects at close proximity to earth are strongly polar and pushed down more strongly than up.