P3_3 On the Atmospheric Effects of Cavorite

C. J. Middleton, H. W. Buttery, C. D.Y. Moore, R. H. Peck

Abstract


We estimate the gravitational and atmospheric effects of a fictional substance known as Cavorite, a material proposed by H.G. Wells that is “opaque to gravitation”. We conclude that for a Cavorite sheet of radius 1 m the impact on the gravitational acceleration is only meaningful at less than 12 m above the plate, and is insignificant at heights greater than this. Therefore, the atmosphere is unlikely to vent away as claimed.



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