[Mifnet 🛰 73948] Re: NNN Travel Can Be Challenging

srbrown via Mifnet Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:49:40 -0700

"This article says that the lowest surface gravity on the planet is atop Nevado 
Huascarán, the highest point in Peru."Which, thanks to Eric, we now know will 
be located almost due south of Miami.If gravity is lower in Sri Lanka I wonder 
why they aren't all a bit taller. Simon
-------- Original message --------From: "Karl L. Swartz via Mifnet" 
<mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Date: 01/09/2025  02:51  (GMT+00:00) To: Mifnet 
<mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> Cc: "Karl L. Swartz" <k...@kls2.com> Subject: [Mifnet 
🛰 73942] Re: NNN Travel Can Be Challenging I was intrigued so dug a bit 
(because it’s too hot so the dog and I are camped out at Starbucks, enjoying 
their air conditioning, an iced drink for me, and a puppuccino for Seymour).The 
first thing that caught my eye was the Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL), centered 
southwest of Sri Lanka, which makes that the lowest-gravity country on 
Earth:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Geoid_LowSeymour and I both 
need to lose weight so perhaps we should move there.This article says that the 
lowest surface gravity on the planet is atop Nevado Huascarán, the highest 
point in Peru:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_of_EarthDavid, that’s 
surely (not Shirley) what you had in mind. -- KarlOn Aug 31, 2025, at 5:49 PM, 
David Wardell via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> wrote:Atop a rather tall 
mountain nearest to the equator. The height of the mountain moves you slightly 
further from the earth's core and the proximity to the equator provides 
somewhat more distance owing to the equatorial bulge of the earth (around 12 
miles). Finally, there is more centrifical force in this position (which 
accounts for the bulge) which would counteract gravity to a some extent. None 
of these elements (taken together) make much difference, but they can be 
measured (or so I read once).The mountain in question is in South America but I 
don't recall the name.  David wardell+1.757.561.0582da...@wardell.org


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