Would it be possible to locally cancel gravity?

In our solar system all planets revolve around the sun, one could not bundle this gravitational force to, for example, the size of a football field so that large weights can be moved effortlessly.

We can also effortlessly bundle the heat with a magnifying glass.

Asker: Rien , 66 years

Answer

To begin with, it is not just possible to ‘deflect gravitation’ or bundle.

But you may wonder whether it is not possible to place masses in such a way that a point or zone is created where a particle is equally attracted in all directions and is therefore weightless.

You can indeed ensure that points arise where a particle does not experience a resulting attraction (the center of the earth is such a point), but you can never ensure a stable equilibrium in free space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnshaw%27s_theorem

Would it be possible to locally cancel gravity?

Answered by

Prof Walter Lauriks

Physics Acoustics

Catholic University of Leuven
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/

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