Gollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoHow did gravity worked on the Death Star?feddit.orgimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1628arrow-down120file-textcross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1608arrow-down1imageHow did gravity worked on the Death Star?feddit.orgGollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squarebutterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoIt wouldn’t need to generate gravity. Acceleration “down” would be enough.
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoOnly if it was undergoing constant acceleration, which we know it to be incapable of.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI mean, those are equivalent forces. Gravity doesn’t actually exist as a separate force, just like acceleration isn’t a magical force appearing from nowhere.
It wouldn’t need to generate gravity.
Acceleration “down” would be enough.
Only if it was undergoing constant acceleration, which we know it to be incapable of.
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I mean, those are equivalent forces. Gravity doesn’t actually exist as a separate force, just like acceleration isn’t a magical force appearing from nowhere.