The experiments that proved there to be no luminiferous aether did NOT prove that there is no "universal up" or "universal down." Universally, up is always away from a gravitational well and down is always toward it. This isn't the same thing as there being an "absolute up" or an "absolute down."
Or is it the same thing?
Can anyone explain why these two things would be different? Use your math and explain. I can explain how they are the same. Using my math.
Oh, ok. I think you might be getting this result because you’re no longer on the circle. The extent of the circle is from zero at the north pole, to 2V at its southernmost point, so the range of L is 0,2V. This is because whatever the latitude of the southernmost point of the circle is, the midpoint of this latitude will be the latitude where we would find the circle center, if we were to dig deep enough. I want to look into this further, but that might take a little while.
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