I think that's right. I think gravity and distance uses the same inverse square law as radiation, just expressed differently in the equation - m1 + m2 / distance square? I guess I'll look it up... Okay, close, gotta multiply all that by G, but yeah, so you can imagine the intensity of the gradient changing similarly with light from a star, so cutting the distance in half increases gravity by 4x, doubling it reduces gravity to 1/4, etc. Idk if the distance would be enough if it appears the same as the moon does to us, but it seems plausible if you compare it with that picture, so like maybe a 10x reduction in visible size would be bla 100x reduction in gravity.
Right? I just woke up. I'm drinking coffee again. I'll quit again after I've healed from the stroke.
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you should try carnitine. it has similar effects from the opposite direction. caffeine is broken down into several other chemicals in the liver, one of them is paraxanthine, which triggers increased fat -> ketone metabolism. carnitine does it from teh other side because that's what carnitine is for.
in my opinion if a planet the size of jupiter were visible as the moon is to us, but at a safe distance, it would be outside the range where it would cause a big problem, but it would cause stuff to happen a lot more, regardless, both magnetic and gravitic. the image is just too big, you wouldn't render the moon that big, the moon looks big near the horizon (and sun) but not *that* big. in fact you might say that the sun itself is pretty much a body with proportion in similar range.
that reminds me of something, isn't it interesting that from where we are, the moon and sun are about the same radius. i mean almost literally dead on, total solar eclipse you literally see only the corona, none of the face.