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its-octopeople t1_j1dtm62 wrote

Reply to comment by AcidNewports in gravitational pull by poor_kid_boon

There is a point between earth and moon with no net gravity. It's one of the Lagrange points (L1 I think). In this scenario, the bit of rope exactly at L1 would be under tension from the weight of rope extending to the moon on one end, and the greater weight of rope extending to earth on the other end.

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AcidNewports t1_j1gaczj wrote

would the image still look like a dumbbell, the gravitational pull. Two big ends and the rope would be the bar in between the two ends?

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