igosaur Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 The thought just occurred to me that someone would weigh more on either of the poles than they would on the equator! I wonder what the difference would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 About 0.5%. As you imply, much due to the difference in acceleration (about 0.3%) and some due to gravitational difference and being closer to the center of Earth (about 0.2%). http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=310 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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