Science Quake May Have Made Earth Wobble--US Scientists
Reuters.com
If I understand the basics of gravity correctly, then...
(notice the big if?)
If the recent HUGE quake made the Earth more compact (as is claimed by the scientists in the article above), then the gravitational force that it exerts on YOU is greater, too. For the same reason that the Earth is rotating EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY faster than it was before the quake, you are EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY heavier.
Or maybe it was all that punkin' pie.
OK, physics people - if this is wildly inaccurate, by all means, post comments and educate us.
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