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submitted 9 months ago by GardenVarietyAnxiety to c/[email protected]

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Is it possible to determine the percentage of the gravitational force at a specified distance using only the geometry of the planet?

Example: The ISS at ~420km altitude "weighs" about 90% of what it would on the Earth's surface.

Is there an equation using only geometrical values that would give you this info?

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[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety 1 points 9 months ago

This was helpful... I appreciate you taking the time to write it all out~