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by pyrois
4131 days ago
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Probably not. The moon has a mass of about 7.34e22 kg, the minimum distance from the moon to the surface of the earth is about 363,104 km, or 363,104,000 meters, and the constant of proportionality for gravity is G = 6.673e-11 N m^2/kg^2, so the attraction between the Earth and a 1kg object on the surface of the Earth is 3.7e-5, or about 8.3e-6 pounds force. That's not much to work with. (Did I do that right?) |
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However, the earths crust deforms a few cm due to tidal forces. Which weekens local gravity. Aparently you can measure tides in a trees sap so detecting them on a small scale is probably possible. (My google fo is failing to find that one though.)