*> A spaceship leaving Earth would make Earth's well a bit smaller.* While this ...

		pdonis on June 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces > A spaceship leaving Earth would make Earth's well a bit smaller. While this is technically true, the effect is much too small to measure, and is not what is responsible for the usual phenomena we associate with gravitational potential energy.