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Re: C-SAT



Concerning "humps" in the ocean surface over masscons/seamounts Jim Green
writes:
But why, I wonder, is it a "hump"? If the local gravitational constant
there is greater, why isn't there a "depression"?

Because the extra gravity there attracts more than its normal share of the
available fluid water.

David Bowman
dbowman@gtc.georgetown.ky.us