h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

>>Is it something like the gravity field isn't uniform?<<

It is exactly that, and thanks to the GOCE satellite we now how a map of how much gravity varies on Earth. +3

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8408957.stm

Although the field varies all over earth, I chose India for the potential. The Himalayas were a because the very high mountain ranges see a higher gravity field.

Points to come.

Woohoo!

Wow. Fascinating.

Soaring above the competition is Clive the Flying Ostrich with 9 points.

Walking in the air with 3 points is Malabarista

Playing in the snow with a spring in his step and 1 point is Mu Beta

Sliding into depression is hygenicdispenser with -5

And finally, denser than a bucket of lead is Taff with -10

I was going to go on a diet. Think I'll just move to Spain.

Cheers HI.

Gravity is over-rated. And much misunderstood.
It may not actually exist as such. When you think about it
the earth's core is mostly liquid iron swirling and rotating
beneath the mantel of the earth like a giant electric generator.
Its 'magnetic' pull would vary with the thickness and density
of the shielding crust.

Poo-poo you say, but I must remind you of the scale of such a dynamo.
Its power would not be measurable in terms of what we know as standard
magnets and electromagnetic energies. It's a case of the flea on the elephant's
trunk; we just don't see the whole picture, and most are even reluctant
to imagine it.


~jwf~