mass is particles of "matter" in a collective. the collective "of"= atoms.
atoms are varied in structure, and a lot about the models of atoms although fairly accurate by current tests, are still an "unseen" model, which is a "best guess" of what one looks like.
these atoms structure is (as best known and modeled) a nucleus of charges with surrounding charges that move about a perimeter of the nucleus in a fashion and spacing that is different for each atom type. the types are what determine the type of material that makes up the object of matter.
ie: steel, hydrogen etc have unique atom structures.
now what I'm about to tell you is strictly my own theory, for, after seeing yours, i see the ability for you to think outside the box. however, the true answer is actually, "inside" the box. as i believe, and after reading my theory I'm sure you can agree the potential of truth extremely high, but as yet untested and unproven.
matter works in a fairly predictable fashion. our math has been able to prove that statement, but our math only is only very useful as of yet, on collective matters, and not within the subatomic regions of mass. this mass that i speak of is mass that has enough collection to show measurable amounts of "gravity".
now lets take an object of mass..say..a table. and lets apply the logic of force on this table. take a paper clip and a magnet, and a small rock..say..granite or any gravel on this table. place the objects on the far side of the table spaced from each other. now..walk to the other side of the table and bang your fist on it.
nice bounce huh? thats force. waves of kinetic energy pass through all the masses and they will all jump from the force. so:
force travels through matter.
now, bang on the table again and again one after another..the objects will continue to bounce. again and again..thats a never ending force.. but its an outward force..and gravity is inward..so how does that help? step 2:
now take 2 paper clips and the magnet. the magnet will have no trouble picking up the paper clip ..and place the other paper clip within the range of the other paper clip that the magnetic force and pick it up..it will..paper clip to paper clip..and you can make a fairly good chain of it..even longer than the magnets normal range of attraction..because the other paperclips being within contact of the magnetized force of magnetic attraction, utilizes and relys the force through the other objects, which have become an extension of the origin of the magnetic attraction.
but it dont attract the stone..and gravity does.
there is alot known about magnetism, but i wanted to relay the collective sharing since it is an inward force and not an outward kinetic strike, but an attraction instead.
if you study the other attractive forces of matter, you'll find the greatest is actually not the large collective, but the very powerful force that holds atoms together themselves. it is infinitely more powerful than gravity, and the disruption of the force is what leads to atomic explosions, like the atomic bomb.
since gravity is collective, and a collective of billions of atoms containing this "strong force", my theory is: the more collection of atoms, the greater the gravity, because gravity is the collective echo of the strong force in atoms. but like the magnet and the paper clips, the further away atoms are from each other, and the least the atoms, the less the gravity, because the less amplification of the atoms initial "strong" force.
so the question them i ask is: from whence comes the constant striking? because as long as you strike a table the force that runs through it maintains the outward energy..but with an attractive force..in magnetism, its polarity..but in matter..its just a constant.
my belief: the force that holds atoms together is the veins that hold everything together. its is the life of all things, maintained by existence. and without it, existence is not possible. because it is the very life of all energy and all that exists only works because it exists.
something for you to think about at any rate. good luck in your journey.
keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is
~parmenides
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