I am just trying to understand this and not make any claim, so bear with me.
Let's say we have a cylinder with a hemispherical top instead of a sphere.
Say the two objects were thrown directly from the base of the cylinder towards what would be the equivalent of north on the hemisphere. Relative to each other they would be moving perfectly parallel and the distance between them would not be changing.
Once they reach the hemispherical section they would still be moving parallel to one another at the same speed but the distance between them would start to shrink, wouldn't this be the equivalent of acceleration due to gravity? Movement towards each other started at 0 and increased, right?
Let's say we have a cylinder with a hemispherical top instead of a sphere.
Say the two objects were thrown directly from the base of the cylinder towards what would be the equivalent of north on the hemisphere. Relative to each other they would be moving perfectly parallel and the distance between them would not be changing.
Once they reach the hemispherical section they would still be moving parallel to one another at the same speed but the distance between them would start to shrink, wouldn't this be the equivalent of acceleration due to gravity? Movement towards each other started at 0 and increased, right?