From: oliver.jennrich@gmx.net   
      
   Luigi Fortunati  writes:   
      
   > Sylvia Else ha scritto:   
   >>> So I explicitly ask: is the free fall in a gravitational field inertial   
   >>> or accelerated?   
   >>   
   >> It is inertial, but the only part of your gelatin sphere that is in free   
   >> fall is the part at its centre of gravity.   
   >   
   > The gelatin sphere is ALL in free fall!   
      
   No, it isn't.   
      
   Yo cannot prepare an extended body with internal forces that is fully in   
   free fall in a scenario where you have non-homogeneous gravity.   
      
   If you manage to create a gravitational field that is homogeneous (akin   
   the electrical field between the two electrodes of an infinitely large   
   capacitor) you can put any extended body fully into free fall.   
      
   In your scenario (sphere orbiting a star), you won't be able to prepare   
   such a situation.   
      
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