Expanding upon the hypothesis that I proposed under the title of ‘Gravity and motion’, (unpublished until now, see the Quantum Mechanic forum) in February 2006, I hereby endeavour to further explain and add justification to these ideas by first considering a comparison to the Earth/Moon system. I believe that this constitutes a subject of Physics that has been subject to substantial research, whilst also having the advantage of visible and natural association to ourselves, and every day life.

The individual and combined influence of gravity on both the Earth and the Moon have been measured extensively, and therefore represent a large and definable body of research to enable a trustworthy degree of accuracy in this respect.

I have made the assessment that the surface areas and mass densities of the respective bodies represent the fundamental aspects of gravitational influence in relation to gravity as an ‘electromagnetic radiative force’, which I have previously proposed. This is because the ability of the bodies to emit and absorb radiation is proportional to the surface area exposed to them and their material masses. This is analogous to the surface area and capacity of a thermal radiator in terms of heat transfer, where mass density relates to temperature.

Before I continue, it should be explained that the preface for my questioning of current gravitational theory is based not only on the inconsistencies of mass and motion in respect of the wider universe, but also regarding more elementary evidence, which in part afflicted Isaac Newton himself with much unease, and in fact delayed him from publishing his gravitational theories by twenty years. Although Newton did eventually succeed in providing a mathematical proof for his theory, I suspect that he was not himself totally convinced ‘intuitively’ by some of the detail. The possible subject of his, and certainly my reservations regarding his theories, lie in part with the following observations:

    That gravity affects a particle positioned externally to a solid spherical mass, as if all the mass were concentrated at the spheres centre.

    That there is no gravitational effect imposed upon a particle positioned within a hollow sphere, by the mass of the sphere.

Since compiling this website, I have become aware that others, including Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690, have previously postulated similar ideas regarding gravity [see more details]