Astronomy questions from kids, Part 2

[jqs1943]

Can you or anyone you know, explain what there is that unifies matter and maintains the planets from invading each other's orbital trajectories? At what rate a body loses weight on ascension or what is the constant of gravity? Where does gravity originates and what is its makeup? What is the compositions of energies? I've calculated these values and have concluded that Mr Newton's mathematical theory of gravity is not only incomplete but it's a fallaceous compromise to reason!

[jqs1943]

@jqs1943 Did you know that the oxygen level of earth's atmosphere has been depleted by 33% since the 1950's? THAT'S A FACT!

[LichKingpro]

@jqs1943 No

[jqs1943]

To be off the rails is to accept that which we can't prove with blind devotion. My theory on gravity is provable.

[hznfrst]

@jqs1943 So prove it then!

[jqs1943]

@hznfrst I said that my theory on gravity is provable. Is Sir Issac Newton's theory provable as i claim that mine is? A body loses weight on ascension at a rate of .005 percent per mile. Does that tell you anything?

[chibraxial]

@jqs1943

Weight?

Weight isn't mass. Wieght is the result of your own mass being pulled by earth's own mass, the farther you go from earth, the lesser earth's mass (gravity)'s influence is strong.

:)

[SmokeWeedEveryHour]

@jqs1943 So prove it and win a nobel prize. Something tells me that's not gonna happen though. If you really interested in this stuff please keep learning about it, but you shouldn't think that because you have some knowledge of it you can just come up with a whole new theory of gravity, on your own, in little time with limited information. That's only gonna dissapoint you.

[jqs1943]

Space is the medium of X-gravity which repels the worlds and establishes their orbital corridors. Gravity is a funtional field that coalesces and unifies matter only within an atmospheric medium.

[hznfrst]

@jqs1943 Drrrrrrrrrrr........

[jqs1943]

@hznfrst Be real!

[hznfrst]

Is there any way to group these videos in order?

[jqs1943]

Atoms are spherical because as the energies that engage in the weave of their lattices interact with each other from at least three vectors that form the universal matrix grid which represents the fabric of the universe. The worlds as they are formed follow the pattern of the weave as the evolving mass rotates in all directions. An atom has an average diameter of 3 billionths of one inch, or 90 billionths of one millimeter. That's the starting point for the evolution of the worlds.

[jqs1943]

A gravitational force field originates from extreme heat and not of mass as descrived by Sir Newton. Mass is weightless and this fact can be observed when an object having considerable weight is transported into absolute space and released there it just gravitates there without consequence to any gravitational fields. Mass loses weight as it ascends at a rate of .005 percent. The behavior of the field can be observed in a burning candle. Heat rises, the melted wax falls.

[SmokeWeedEveryHour]

@jqs1943 Heat goes up because it's far less dense than anything in the air. And please, stop acting like you've got a better theory of gravity than Isaac Newton without backing it up with actual science.

[jqs1943]

A gravitational force field is inherent of extreme heat. Its made up of 2 sub fields; one excursive that repels other worlds and helps to establish their orbital corridors, which I've named the X-gravity field factor, and gravity which coalesces and unifies matter towards a concentric point from whence it radiates. Both of these fields have a power factor of .0735 per square inch, per linear mile but they operate in opposite directions from the surface of the atmosphere bordering the exosphere.

[hznfrst]

@jqs1943 What in Hades are you talking about??

[jqs1943]

@hznfrst I'm a sixtysever year old kid who needs to know how the asteroid rings of Saturn were formed. In the event that you want to know my reason over FACTS about gravity, matter, and the causation of the rings of Saturn i might have those answers for you and many more.Sir Issac Newton was wrong when he stated his gravitational mathematical theory relating to distant masses since in order for two masses to interact with each other they must share a common medium such as a gas or a liquid.

[hznfrst]

@jqs1943 Space itself is the "medium" for gravity. Sorry, but you are completely off the rails.

[jqs1943]

@hznfrst Two excerpt from the DESIDERATA. If you compare youself to others you may become vain and bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. (Accepting blindly those things that we can't prove is a derailment of reason)

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, as they too have their story. (stay open minded and be analitical to what may some day prove to be scientifically sound)

[SmokeWeedEveryHour]

@jqs1943 Spacetime is the medium which gravity uses. Gravity is curved spacetime.

[postman666andrei]

but even if you hit the ball lightly on the moon towards the earth, wouldn't it eventually hit the earth...even if it takes a while?

[mousaey]

@postman666andrei if you hit the ball at the moon's escape velocity it will

[supersonic71097]

Are these evolutionary thoughts? 0.o

[bloodanddirt]

Very commendable.

[ClinicalAttacked]

The gravity on Mars is one third that of earth's

[zoeycanobe671]

do you also know about quantum physics or do u only know astronomy?

[latuman]

Informative, simple, to the point and FUN.

This is how it should be done for kids...

...And for me.

[candlehawk]

Wait... 20-40 T (averaging 30T) per day? That's 10950 T per year!

[caste2510]

a boy in germany got hit by a pea-sized meteor when he was on his way to school. what a coincidence huh! lol

[andytom]

The moon has an escape velocity of 2.38 km/s.

So you'd have to begin with that :D

[wayne8001123]

Venus tilts at 177 degrees

Earth tilts at 23.5 degrees

Mars tilts at 25.1 degrees

Jupiter tilts at 3.13 degrees

Saturn tilts at 26.7 degrees

Uranus tilts at 98 degrees

Neptune tilts at 28 degrees

[Drummer9801]

Lol 1:45

[NonEternal]

lol i get u

[un4g1v3n1]

Titan smells like Phils explanations..

I'll tell you a secret...It's not that he is stupid...It's that his cranial cavity is SPACIER!

You kill phil!

[bavarikus]

That´s youtube at it´s best!!!

Thanks for posting!

[flyingfisbeefilms]

Here here! Lovin' it and I'm 44! But still a kid with the same questions!

[Riverboatrun]

Like the vid. Thanks

[hackenbollox]

Good work!

One critique only. Equating mass with size is a little misleading. Large things don't necessarily have a lot of mass. I know you know this, and it seems a piddling point, but accuracy is the key.

Keep up the good work. Great video.

[rebirthsaph]

when a planet is forming, gas concentrates into one tiny point and it keeps concentrating basically because of the force with which gas clouds collide. When it's concentrated enough, the gas actually forms liquid and evenutally solid matter, and since its mass is immense, its gravity is so great it starts attracting gas around it and that's what makes a planet and its core.

[KatieKugler]

1:45 haha

[ZeromusIV]

this videos are great fool! keep it up

[twothirtyam]

Not only are these questions good for kids, but they're great for people of adult age, too. General knowledge about astronomy is always wonderful.

Thanks!!

[khoavuong]

If a planet gets its tilt from an impact, what would stop it from turning in that direction?

[khoavuong]

Nevermind. Somehow I envisioned Earth rotating along two axes. Ridiculous.

[VicariousJukebox]

I'm going to guess the gravity of the sun eventually corrected the initial impact of the foreign object causing the irregularly tilted planets to maintain their tilted and inverted axises. Think of how much gravitational force the sun on everything in our solar system.

[ThePhascolarctos]

Some of those sixth graders have some pretty cook questions.

[intigfx]

actually you should have closed with "don't believe in commercials at all", that's a great advice for life :)

[eleveneggs]

Really great that you're doing this for kids.

[celsias]

thank you Phil for posting these four videos. We watched all of them with our son. It's really great for you to do these Q n A questions for kids. Keep making videos, we really enjoy them!

[JamesTCA]

How many copies of Bad Astronomy does he have in that bookcase?

[boowiedude]

it's impossible for a planet to not form into a sphere

[wvb93]

idk why boowiedude's comment has a score of -6 but hes right it is impossible for a planet not to form into a sphere

[Salladsdressing]

You are a great inspiration to kids!

Your should do educational videos for kids that could be viewed by all American kids.

[Mjhavok]

The quality of these videos is surprisingly high. Resolution I mean.

[foley15136]

Do you like MST3K?

[ZorkFox]

Re: question 5—I thought Venus had a retrograde rotation, rather than a prograde rotation with 180º of tilt. This, at least, is what nineplanets {dot} org says. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[ZorkFox]

I <3 Astronomy.

[ThyGoddess]

It's really great of you to answer questions for kids!

[mojojojo928]

Phil, answering questions for kids is the coolest of the cool.

As a kid, I grew up with Carl Sagan's Cosmos -- and still consider astronomy one of my fondest, most visceral subjects.

I had Carl to deepen my wonder and awareness of both science and astronomy. These kids have you, who also crusade for real science.

I'd have to say they're pretty darned lucky. ;)

[ColAbernathy]

A very good question, well answered. :)

[foley15136]

Didn't Shepard hit golf balls on the moon?

[noswonky]

Yes, but he didn't play all 18 holes.

[foley15136]

Why not? He had a golf cart.

[foley15136]

Great videos Phil!

I have a question;

Why can we see, with our advanced telescopes, so far away and see details in distant galaxies, planets around others stars, wobbles, light shifts, all that detailed stuff but we can seem to be able to see what's going on in the Kuiper belt? It's closer...???

[angryscott]

I'm not Phil, but I'll try to answer:

When we're looking at a distant galaxy, you need to remember that it's about 100,000 light years across. The detail we're seeing are the large structures in gas strands, galactic arms, etc. If we were to zoom in much more, OTOH, the image would be incredibly blurry.

Pluto is much closer, but TRILLIONS of times smaller. The details we want to see on Pluto are smaller in scale to the entirety of Pluto than a spiral arm is in relation to it's galaxy.

[ndjarnag]

btw: I recently heard your "Nature Podcast" discussion. It was awesome.

[leporidus]

20 to 40 tons of meteorites and dust hit the Earth every day! Everytime I hear and read this, I'm surprised again. But I've never thought about what happens then: dirty air, rain and snow! It's a dirty planet we have! (-:

How do we know this, Phil? Ice samples from the poles?

[rakatikie]

ccol vid, thanks :)Gief more :D

[MichaelJG9]

Lol, poo, that was funny. Sounds like a question I would've asked in elementary school.