Talk:Gravitational gradient

Two other articles link here, so it's a worthy topic. Why not help me fix it, instead of deleting it? --Uncle Ed 23:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I've redirected the page to tidal force, since the two are effectively synonymous. It seems unlikely that much could be said about the Gravitational gradient that isn't covered in that subject (the article was already primarily about tidal locking).  If you're interested, you might want to try improving the tidal force article (and related articles such as tidal locking) rather than starting a new page on the same subject. Cosmo0 16:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I think that this article should be restored to a previous version and fleshed out. There are various reasons I think this is the best course of action: So, with that information, I strongly believe that Gravitational gradient should be its own discussed topic and the links between the above topics be discussed here, rather than as a redirect. However, due to my lack of familiarity with the topic, I am not confident about making the change myself. --Stux (talk) 16:57, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * The Eotvos (unit) article mentions gravitational gradient (which I linked to this article and it's how I found the redirect) but makes no mention of tidal forces, rather is mentions the more basic mathematical definition of gravitational gradient being the difference in gravitational acceleration between two points.
 * The Gravity gradiometry article is the closest article that mentions and describes the above technical definition.
 * However, the article itself, and the redirect seem to imply that this gradient explains physical phenomena such as Tidal locking, Tidal force and maybe even Tidal acceleration. It was through the Tidal locking article that I found Gravity-gradient stabilization and Gravity gradiometry.
 * Here is the line that connects the these topics in a more general sense (from the Gravity gradiometry article section):
 * "Gravity measurements are a reflection of the earth’s gravitational attraction, its centripetal force, tidal accelerations due to the sun, moon, and planets, and other applied forces."
 * This shows that the gravity gradient is a more general topic that includes tidal forces as a subtopic. I added the wiki links to centripetal force and Tidal acceleration in order to better reflect this connection.  --Stux (talk) 17:21, 11 December 2016 (UTC)