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wildgurularry t1_ixvlhrd wrote

Reply to comment by Sub2PewDiePie8173 in How would one calculate the gravity of a planet? by LoreCriticizer

Yes, unfortunately not enough to affect the scale when you are weighing yourself.

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Sub2PewDiePie8173 t1_ixvr9d4 wrote

Do you think if Sun was close enough, but it somehow didn’t affect Earth itself, would we be a lot lighter?

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wildgurularry t1_ixvs4ao wrote

Sure, if you brought the sun close enough, you would start to float up towards it instead of being held down to the earth.

Of course, the entire earth would be ripped apart as a result of this, but you would definitely feel light on your feet as everything around you was being destroyed.

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Fushba t1_ixw05xf wrote

You’d also feel light on the rest of your body. A burning amount of it.

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