Gravity experiment

The diagram above illustrates the point on Earth in its orbit around the Sun where I predict gravity will be the strongest based on my theory that gravity is an effect of matter moving through space. The "tail" marks the point on the Earth where this increased gravity should be most apparent.

I propose that gravity measurements --- or weights --- will vary on Earth at different times of the year and day because the Earth is creating turbulence in spacetime as it orbits the Sun. The greatest gravity will be observed when the Earth is nearest the Sun --- January 3 --- and at a point on the Earth's surface which is between the point closest to the Sun --- a place in daylight --- and opposite the direction in which the Earth is traveling.

This variation will be small because of the Sun's overwhelming effect on the Earth, but my theory will explain the difference. It will not be due to an attractive force of matter because in that case gravity would be greatest at a point on the Earth's surface farthest from the Sun. In other words, if matter has an inherent attractive force then the gravity of the Sun and the Earth would combine to create the greatest gravity at a point opposite the side of the Earth facing the Sun --- a place in the night.

Instead, my theory explains that gravity is the effect of the Earth moving against the fabric of space as it orbits the Sun. This motion is due to the Big Bang, which is causing all matter to move through space. The variations in gravity on Earth are due to the density of matter and the speed of its motion, such that the Earth will exhibit the greatest gravity when it is moving the fastest and meeting the most resistance. In other words, gravity will be the strongest when the Earth is closest to the Sun.

It is just a theory, and it must take into account other variables in this context, such as the position of the Moon and other planets. But my prediction in this experiment may tend to prove that gravity is an effect of matter moving through space rather than an attractive force of matter.

Cosmic terminal velocity

I had stalled in my thoughts about gravity recently, needing to gain some perspective about my ideas and myself from a distance. I feel lonely sometimes on my path through creation. I am even ashamed of myself for believing that I --- an amateur astronomer --- have discovered a new truth about the universe.

But I cannot relent. I feel compelled to contemplate and test my ideas mentally. Sometimes I have insights that are exhilarating, even joyous, and I have concluded that either I am on the path to profound truth or to ignorant bliss.

For example, I was riding my motorcycle this week and enjoying the fresh ocean air. And, as it has become my habit, I was contemplating another application of my theory. It had to do with the concept of terminal velocity.

Falling bodies, such as a person jumping from an airplane, will accelerate towards earth until reaching a maximum speed, or terminal velocity. This occurs because the body meets air resistance sufficient to slow down its progress. Without such drag, however, the body will continue to accelerate at the uniform speed of 9.8 meters a second.

Objects with less resistance will fall longer and thus faster than those with more drag. And theoretically, an object without resistance will continue to accelerate indefinitely. It is Newton's first law of motion.

Applying my theory --- that gravity is the effect of matter meeting resistance in its motion through space --- it dawned on me that terminal velocity is a local frame of reference for this dynamic. It illustrates very well my theory as applied to motion through the cosmos, particularly as it applies to the accelerating expansion of the universe. Galaxies, stars, planets and other matter are moving through space with inertia from the Big Bang, and gravity is the effect of that matter straining against the fabric of space.

So just as we can see that falling bodies without resistance will accelerate towards Earth, we can see galaxies, stars and planets receding through space will accelerate as resistance diminishes. This explains the reason for the accelerating expansion of the universe.

It is my insight --- true or not -- that this is the dynamic set in motion by the Big Bang. That all matter is accelerating through space. That when we see an apple falling from a tree, we are witnessing the expansion of the universe on Earth. When we see galaxies receding through space, we are witnessing the same phenomenon.

As for me and my motorcycle, I was going about 45 mph. It was exhilarating.