Recent content by gettinlate

Thanks Redbelly, The values you gave get me within .01%. I had considered centrifugal force being a factor, but if anyone asked, I was going to say that we were doing the experiment at the poles. Until now, I was not aware that the value of g, and therefore the method of expressing...

I'm having a problem with a project I've been kicking around for some time now. This arose out of a discussion with a co-worker who was wondering how much less one would weigh at various intervals of increasing altitude above the surface of the earth. I set out to create a spread sheet to...