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Centre of Gravity for Irregular Surfaces and Shift in Center of Gravity

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Why does a body lose weight at the centre of the earth?

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If a person looses weight at the centre of the earth because due to the symmetry he is equally attracted from all the direction such that all the gravitational force acting on it cancels each other.

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