👉 In physics, a hypocentre is a point in space where the gravitational field of the Earth's mass distribution becomes negligible. It is named after the Greek philosopher and astronomer Euclid who first described it as such. The concept of a hypocentre can be useful for understanding the behavior of planets or stars at distances from the Sun, since they would not experience significant gravitational pull if their masses were concentrated in one point on Earth's surface. This is similar to how the Earth's mass distribution
