Timeline for Does an object float more or less with more or less gravity?
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| S Aug 8, 2016 at 9:50 | history | suggested | Chris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The equation should be balancing the weight of the object against the weight of the displaced water. For some reason the person MathJaxing it decided that the left hand side should subscript the two other terms on that side.
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| Aug 8, 2016 at 9:27 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 8, 2016 at 6:47 | comment | added | Random832 | I'm not sure how this addresses the OP's question. You are pointing out essentially that it will, when floating on top of water, displace the same amount of water as on Earth, but OP's clarification states: "By "float more," I mean it rises to the surface of the water faster, and it takes more force to push it down." - by that definition it is "floating more". It displaces the same amount of water, but all forces involved are larger [with higher gravity], as is the buoyant acceleration if it starts below the water level. | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 4:01 | comment | added | Bob Bee | This is good. Except please one that if g=0 it does not apply and won't float | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:19 | comment | added | Yakk | @JasonC Pressure per inch down in water is a function of g. Pressure is, to a first approximation, the weight of the water above you (plus air etc). | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 21:12 | comment | added | Jason C | @Yakk Increased density of higher pressure water is not a function of g. | |
| S Aug 6, 2016 at 20:44 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
no convolution here
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 20:13 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 18:50 | comment | added | Yakk | This assumes the density of water is not a function of gravity: or, rather, that water has a uniform density. Higher pressure water tends to be denser. This effect is likely to be tiny, and possibly overwealmed by the compression of the object itself under pressure! | |
| S Aug 6, 2016 at 18:12 | history | suggested | Dave Coffman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added mathjax for clarity and improved sentence structure
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 17:43 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 17:37 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 17:37 | vote | accept | clickbait | ||
| Aug 6, 2016 at 17:36 | history | answered | Amritansh Singhal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |