Now, I’m confused. Does the magnitude of the gravity change or only the direction? Ooterness’s, linked physics analysis seem to show gravity would be super week near the edges. The video seems to suggest otherwise. Or maybe I’m just not understanding anything.
I’m no physicist, so I could be wrong, but I don’t think the magnitude would change, only the direction gravity pulls you in. Gravity would always want to pull you towards the center on disk-shaped planet. It might “feel” stronger the same way gravity might “feel” stronger when ascending an ever-steepening hill, though.
The answer to your question is illustrated here in the first couple minutes of this old Vsauce video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqNnUJVcVs
Now, I’m confused. Does the magnitude of the gravity change or only the direction? Ooterness’s, linked physics analysis seem to show gravity would be super week near the edges. The video seems to suggest otherwise. Or maybe I’m just not understanding anything.
I’m no physicist, so I could be wrong, but I don’t think the magnitude would change, only the direction gravity pulls you in. Gravity would always want to pull you towards the center on disk-shaped planet. It might “feel” stronger the same way gravity might “feel” stronger when ascending an ever-steepening hill, though.