Planets...

[Lord Tyrion]

Personally I liked post 14 best, , but 24 took us to the easiest to understand answer. Good old NASA laid it out nice and simply.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

We try and use what we understand to explain what we don’t. And when we can’t, we have to change what we understand to enable us to understand that which we don’t…without breaking that which we do…I think…and so ever will it be.

Problem is that we live in and experience a 3D + time (and we know time itself is just an invention) world, whilst knowing that mathematics can create as many addition dimensions as we wish to explain and analyse much else…but maths in itself is just a human construct - it’s not real, in fact much of greatest value is imaginary.

 

[bobmac]

I don't even know what's for tea tonight.

 

[GreiginFife]

I don't even know what's for tea tonight.

Tea? I don't can't even fathom Lunch!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Tea? I don't can't even fathom Lunch!

It's a Saturday, that means it's fish finger butties . Routines can be useful at times

 

[Tashyboy]

Ah but is the fish finger in bread crumbs or Morphed to another level and covered in batter. It’s a bit early to discuss the complexities of brown sauce or ketchup. Mind with it being a Golf forum, posh folk will have Tartare sauce.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Ah but is the fish finger in bread crumbs or Morphed to another level and covered in batter. It’s a bit early to discuss the complexities of brown sauce or ketchup. Mind with it being a Golf forum, posh folk will have Tartare sauce.

Bread crumbs, obviously , salt and vinegar on top, loads of vinegar, and then I dip it in salad cream as and when. Lovely . Cup of tea goes alongside

 

[backwoodsman]

Ah but is the fish finger in bread crumbs or Morphed to another level and covered in batter. It’s a bit early to discuss the complexities of brown sauce or ketchup. Mind with it being a Golf forum, posh folk will have Tartare sauce.

If it isn't covered in breadcrumbs, it's not a fish finger. (And I'll bet Schrodinger never put his mind to that ...)

 

[bobmac]

Bread crumbs, obviously , salt and vinegar on top, loads of vinegar, and then I dip it in salad cream as and when. Lovely . Cup of tea goes alongside

Don't forget a drizzle of lemon juice on the fish finger

 

[bobmac]

Going slightly off orbit...
If you have one of those one-cal oil sprayers and it's finished, wash it out and fill it with vinegar, gives a perfect mist on your chips

 

[backwoodsman]

How the heck did a discussion on planets evolve into one about fish fingers?

And who on earth puts salt or vinegar or salad cream or lemon juice on fish fingers. Fishfinger - possibly inside a slice of buttered bread - but that's it.

 

[bobmac]

How the heck did a discussion on planets evolve into one about fish fingers?

And who on earth puts salt or vinegar or salad cream or lemon juice on fish fingers. Fishfinger - possibly inside a slice of buttered bread - but that's it.

I see what you did there...clever

 

[Piece]

If gravity is a force of attraction then why doesn't the Earth crash into the Sun, or the Moon crash into the Earth?
A: They follow the path of least resistance.

If you have better answers, let's hear them.

Not sure what your answer means here. In basic terms, the gravitational attraction direct to centre of the Earth means that the Moon is always falling but doesn't crash due to the considerable "sideways force" the Moon has.

The "sideways force" is sufficient enough not to be too much to escape the Earth, nor slow enough to see it crash into the Earth.

With the Earth being round it means the Moon is always falling but constantly misses the Earth. This is a definition of an orbit, as depicted by Newton's famous diagram. All this takes place within the curvature of space 'fabric'.

Same with the Earth around the Sun.

 

[stefanovic]

So, what enables this "sideways force"?
It's now believed that the Moon collided with the Earth about 4 billion years ago when both were plasma.
They separated and each found a new line of least resistance within warped space-time, most of which is influenced by the Sun.

Not sure what Newton's ideas have to do with this because they were overturned by Einstein.
Einstein described space curvature, not Newton.
Newton borrowed a lot from previous 'scientists', then took the credit.
Newton was never a scientist as the term wasn't invented then. He was a philosopher mathematician who worked at the Royal Mint.
His status appears to be legendary because portraits of him depicted a god-like figure.

 

[Pants]

 

[Voyager EMH]

I increased my mass today by consuming two giant scones in the Bay View cafe in the village of Beer in South Devon.
I am definitely feeling a lot more spherical.
The increase in gravitational force that I am experiencing which is making it much harder to get myself off the sofa may be an illusion, but it feels real to me.

 

[stefanovic]

You are made of atoms, and they are virtually empty space.
There is only the repulsion between the electrons in the sofa and those in your body that allow you to get up at all.
When you are upright it's only the same repulsion that prevents you from falling straight through the earth.

 

[Pants]