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uh-okay-I-guess t1_ixx3zrp wrote

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

Just to put this in perspective, you are also 0.0006% lighter if you climb 20 meters further from the center of the earth.

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Kered13 t1_ixy6fcj wrote

You're also 0.5% lighter by moving from one of the poles to the equator, because of centrifugal forces and because the Earth bulges at the equator.

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