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But the object isn't in space...it's in the sky. Which is less than the Earth's Radius.
 
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flyingpig said:
But the object isn't in space...it's in the sky. Which is less than the Earth's Radius.
Note that the distance 'r' in the Newton formula for gravity is the distance from the object to the center of the earth. For something above the Earth's surface, that distance will be greater than the Earth's radius.
 
But the Earth's surface is the sky and the object can't always be higher than the sky
 
flyingpig said:
But the Earth's surface is the sky and the object can't always be higher than the sky
The Earth's surface is below the sky.
 
Then what is the real radius of the earth?