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OK I give up. Apparently thinking outside the box is not allowed here. So for myself I'm bringing this to a close. On the topic of Jupiter, yes I know that is the accepted theory. But, I was asking to postulate a new theory on planet formation not accepted theory on why we have what we have...

Hey DaveC and DH. First of all, no hidden agenda's here, but I felt I needed an answer to my gravity question before continuing. You're right that perhaps I should have state my hypothesis at the beginning, but then hindsight is 20/20. I deeply appreciate the lively discussion that we have...

Hey guys thanks for the feed back. DH, in particular. DH, first I'm asking if an experiment HAD been done (not proposing one to be done), based on your answer, I'm assuming no this experiment has not been done. So indeed IN THEORY the math should work as applied to the Earth as applied to sphere...

DH, The points you make are quite true and I might add very well thought out. In particular, the one that in most case you can not prove an idea to be true, but rather only prove that it is not. And this is exactly what I'm asking. Has an experiment been performed using the Earth as the...

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying I should have started this thread elsewhere?

That's right DaveC... Since we have drilled a few holes more than a mile deep. I'm thinking (definitely simplistically) if we dropped some instrument down the hole would it prove this theorem. Or as Nick mentioned have what we have drilled not deep enough to 'prove' this. You guys ready to...

Nick89, good answer. DaveC42.. not so good. There is nothing wrong in asking for proof. A simple example, when Neal Armstrong walked on the moon he dropped a feather and a hammer they both fell at the same rate as was predicted, but my point is up to that point in time no one had actually PROVED...

Ranger, Great web reference. Monty37 not so great reply. But no one has answered the proof part of my question. Has anyone proven that the formula mentioned are correct for inside a sphere. Yes the formula are well proven for outside and on the surface of a sphere. But we are talking INSIDE...

First, I'm not a physicist. But I do think of the subject often. A simple observation, as you move away from Earth the gravitational pull decreases. OK let's say we can drill a hole through the center of the Earth what is the gravitational pull as we reach the middle? Is your answer fact...