Originally posted by HeusdensThis has been answered already THREE times, it is because PRESSURE builds up from the surface to the center, it accumulates the forces of gravity on all matter outside the center, so the pressure is to be expected highest in the center. But this built up of pressure is not linear, cause the force of gravity itself is not constant, but drops down to zero near the center.
This proof of Newton thing (gravity is zero at the center of mass) is effectively off-topic, but it was necessary here, cause Mr. Parson does not understand Newton's law of gravity, and effectiviely does not understand gravity at all.
Heusdens, you are comical, at best.
If it followed what you are telling heusdens it would have gravitationally attracted the
huge steel ball in the center, out to the sides, that you are telling
all of us has the
greater gravitational attraction!
Hence heusdens you would have a hollow centered earth/planet.
Apparently heusdens you have completely missed that I told you that Newton himself DID NOT KNOW that that giant steel ball was in the center of the earth.
Had he known that, had that evidence, he too would probably have "canned" the shell game explanation for the
reality, as portrayed by the earth, as he was a brilliant man.
That shell game explanation was the only alternative he had, he had
NOT the evidence of the
greater density of matter that lies at the center of the planet. Hence his choice was limited as he had to go with what he could prove, and he was clearly
absent of the needed evidence, clearly
NOT HIS FAULT!
I too, would have gone with the 'shell game', had I not had the evidence that proves otherwise.
BTW Heusdens, the rest of your "nonsensical" post, above,
proves that it is really
you who hasn't the grasp of the subject matter.
He warps a void, bends a vacuum, doesn't ever grasp that gravity is what causes all the pressurizations of mass, other then mechanical.
Nigel, even if it was subatomic, which is NOT what you paper states, as you paper clearly uses the surface area of spheres to establish the pressurizations according to size, the 'edge on' would none the less change the weight reading that would be given, as the matter would shield the subatomic particles from your gravitational force from above, of from the 'shielding' you claim the planet has, which, in order to counteract gravity, would
NEED work on
surface area, as well.
I suspect you owe the editor(s) of the "Letters of the Physical Review", an apology, but I doubt that you have the, well, whatever, to do it.
Heusdens, please post again, you too Brad_A23, I need the laugh!
(Forgive me, cause that is rude of me!)