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Originally Posted by N0B0DY  I've considered that the sizes remain the same, and that gravity can be both an attractive or repelling force like electromagnetism, but I'm not sure I'm out of the woods yet based on your explanation. I would have thought that there would be no gravitational effect at all since the particles between the objects must be expanding proportionately as well, but then all objects would be weightless so I'd concede in that respect.
The only problem I see then, if more massive objects would cover more space, they would meet the ground before less-massive objects in the same amount of time. Also if you could elaborate a bit more on the reason air resistance would play a role, or let me know if I missed something like air resistance being non-uniform or something to that effect. |
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Dear Nobody:
One doesn't come about understanding the prevailing 4-D space-time continuum by imagining the universe and everything in it as being any different than exactly as we find it. You live in and are part of a uniformly, omnidirectionally expanding - accelerating - physical universe. I am complimented by your interest and the thoughts that you are obviously investing in this discussion. On the other hand, you are accessed directly to a condensation of a 627 page book I wrote nearly thirty years ago (preceded by shorter renditions and essays going back to 1959). I will in effect have to rewrite the entire book for you, in sections, in this conversational format that is underway (which I am grateful for). For example, this issue of whether or not larger objects hit the ground first when dropped from the same height at the same time is an elaborately established fact which I have sent you the documented proof of. It apparently hasn't set in yet. Quite everything descends at the same rate of acceleration, when the anticipated difference is deliberately sought out (beginning with Galileo), it can't be found within a billionth of a second (Roland Von Eotvos).
For this reason I ask that you read all of the condensed format (A work in progress) available to you, so that whatever questions you may have will evolve to what will probably amount to less questions. It took over forty years to write it, I think you can afford a few hours, at your liesure to read it. Then proceed, by all means, with whatever contentions or questions - perhaps even contributions - you may have.
Sincerely thanking you, sir
- RP (K. B. Robertson)