Expanding Earth - Different Forms of The Hypothesis

Different Forms of The Hypothesis

There are 3 forms of the expanding earth hypothesis.

  1. Earth's mass has remained constant, and thus the gravitational pull at the surface has decreased over time;
  2. Earth's mass has grown with the volume in such a way that the surface gravity has remained constant;
  3. Earth's gravity at its surface has increased over time, in line with its hypothesized growing mass and volume;

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