[time-nuts] nubie querie

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Bruce Griffiths at 2010-03-06 07:58...
> Yes it does due to the variation of gravitational attraction between the 
> object and the Earth with height above the ground.
> However this classical effect is very small and probably virtually 
> impossible to measure.

So, if the mass is closer to the centre of the planet, it weighs more?
Never really considered this before, but fascinating nonetheless.

Wonder if this would affect the moment of a pendulum.

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