At sea level, you're 6400 km away from the earth's center. Where gravity is 0.4 fewer,
in other words 0.6 its sea level value, you're x km from the center, where:
(6400 / x) ^ 2 = 0.6)
Take note that gravity is an opposite square force.
So 6400 / x = 0.7746
so x = 8262 km from the Earth's center
so you're 8262 – 6400 = 1862 km above the Earth's surface
Explanation:
M₂ = Fr²/GM₁
M₂ = [(132N)(.243m)²]/[(6.67*10^-11N*m²/kg)(1.175*10^4kg)]
M₂ = (7.79N*m²)/(7.84*10^-7N*m²)
M₂ = 9.94*10^6 kg
Answer:
Thus, ocean currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface. Without currents in the ocean, regional temperatures would be more extreme—super hot at the equator and frigid toward the poles—and much less of Earth's land would be habitable.
