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Minecraft Science: Mass of the Minecraft Earth
SonicHogSpeed:
Welp, that was a brain teaser for me :o I read the entire thing
Quite the calculations you made and went through for this.
Now, make a scientific assumption of how Creative mode work ::)
kagarium:
I have an idea:
compare the drop of a certain block from the drop key (q), drop from a despensor, and drop from a dropper (1.5)
then compare that to another certain block
then compare those to real life
Wyboth:
--- Quote from: ^_^ kag ^_^ on February 02, 2013, 01:58:10 am ---I have an idea:
compare the drop of a certain block from the drop key (q), drop from a despensor, and drop from a dropper (1.5)
then compare that to another certain block
then compare those to real life
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It doesn't matter what it's dropped from, or what it is, everything falls at 14.4622 m/s2 in Minecraft. I also made the comparison to real life in the article.
proush600563:
I am amazed lol
Wyboth you are both insane and a genius
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--- Quote from: clawstrider on February 01, 2013, 08:09:06 am ---Larger muscles on earth than MC
Cuboid bodies could reflect on that fact.
Could also be why it is easier to pick up blocks (all 27*64 of them).
This could also be why it is easier to destroy blocks, due to a smaller gravitational force holding them together and in place.
Also, did you look into air resistance? It could well be different.
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It could be part of the cause of cuboid bodies, but that will require more research.
I don't think it would explain why the player can carry so many blocks, since smaller gravity plus smaller muscles still means that you could carry about the same amount of mass.
This also could explain why it is easier to destroy blocks, but it would only explain a small part of it because the force is 73% of ours.
Also, atmosphere depends on things other than gravity. Take Venus for example. It has nearly the same mass as Earth, but it has 95 times the atmospheric pressure of Earth. I would need other information to determine atmospheric pressure on the ME.
Thank you for the speculation, I appreciate it.
--- Quote from: 360OLLIE on February 01, 2013, 11:32:44 am ---Most interesting experiment ever. Jeez! (You must be good at math!)
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Haha, I'm not in Pre-Calculus and AP Physics for nothing. Glad you liked it!
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Ofc about the more research, I was just throwing guesses about.
It could be that we have the same size muscles as on MC; the two guesses aren't related.
27% is a decent amount though.
I didn't mean pess gravity = less atmosphere , I meant falling speeds could be changed by atmosphere density, right?
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Falling speeds wouldn't change, but terminal velocity would. The buttons got nowhere near terminal velocity, however.
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It seems there is no wind resistance (or that it is so small it does not effect anything) seeing as every block falls at the same rate.
Wyboth why don't your retry this with sand or gravel blocks and drop them with a piston? Since those blocks actually have "gravity" I think it would be a neat twist to the experiment.
Wyboth:
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