Re: Has anyone tested MOND?



fred.zakity@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
But if the applied force is perpendicular to the earth's gravity,
can't the effects be separated?

But aren't you specifically interested in testing the acceleration due to gravity, rather than just any old acceleration? If so, then testing acceleration that's due to perpendicular forces is not testing acceleration due to gravity, is it?

Yousuf Khan
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