Is it possible to conserve gravity ?

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The discussion centers on the concept of "conserving gravity," which lacks a clear definition in physics. Participants note that while mass and energy can be conserved, gravity itself is not a specific quantity but rather a theory or interaction. The term "conservation" in physics refers to quantities that remain constant over time, making the idea of conserving gravity ambiguous. Some contributors suggest that gravity can be considered a conservative force, similar to energy conservation within a gravitational field. Ultimately, the notion of conserving gravity does not align with established scientific principles.
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Is it possible to conserve gravity ??

Is it possible to conserve gravity ??

If mass is from gravity and that mass is a form of energy which ..both the mass and the energy ..can be conserve ..then can the gravity also be conserve.??

How can you tell that a certain variable is conserved?
 
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Yes. I'm conserving my gravity all the time.
 


ANTBLE989 said:
Is it possible to conserve gravity ??

If mass is from gravity and that mass is a form of energy which ..both the mass and the energy ..can be conserve ..then can the gravity also be conserve.??

How can you tell that a certain variable is conserved?

"Conservation of gravity" is not something which has a clear meaning (or any meaning at all in fact) in known physics. There is, as you say, conservation of energy, or mass-energy if you want, conservation of charge, and still a lot of other conservation laws, but "conservation of gravity" doesn't seem to make much sense.
The reason for that is that "conservation" means something very precise in physics: it means that a quantity remains "the same" (or equivalent) for a given system if that system evolves over time. However, "gravity" is not a specific quantity. It is an entire theory, or an interaction if you want to. It is not a number, or another mathematical quantity such as a vector. So one wouldn't really know what it would mean, if "gravity were conserved", except in a kind of colloquial way like "the theory of gravity is conserved over the centuries" or something of the kind.
 


I think by "gravity" he means specifically G x m, which is as far as anyone can tell, a conserved quantity.
 


yes if there is gravity field it would be conserved, makes sense to me
 


Well, gravity is a conservative force. The only force I can think of that isn' conservative is friction.
 
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