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  2. g-force - Wikipedia

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    Acceleration of a nematocyst: the fastest recorded acceleration from any biological entity. [42] 5,410,000 g: Mean acceleration of a proton in the Large Hadron Collider [43] 190,000,000 g: Gravitational acceleration at the surface of a typical neutron star [44] 2.0 × 10 11 g: Acceleration from a wakefield plasma accelerator [45] 8.9 × 10 20 g

  3. Space travel under constant acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Constant-thrust and constant-acceleration trajectories both involve a spacecraft firing its engine continuously. In a constant-thrust trajectory, [5] the vehicle's acceleration increases during thrusting period, since the use of fuel decreases the vehicle mass. If, instead of constant thrust, the vehicle has constant acceleration, the engine ...

  4. Standard gravity - Wikipedia

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    The standard acceleration of gravity or standard acceleration of free fall, often called simply standard gravity and denoted by ɡ 0 or ɡ n, is the nominal gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth. It is a constant defined by standard as 9.806 65 m/s 2 (about 32.174 05 ft/s 2).

  5. Gravity of Earth - Wikipedia

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    In SI units, this acceleration is expressed in metres per second squared (in symbols, m/s 2 or m·s −2) or equivalently in newtons per kilogram (N/kg or N·kg −1). Near Earth's surface, the acceleration due to gravity, accurate to 2 significant figures, is 9.8 m/s 2 (32 ft/s 2).

  6. Peak ground acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Peak ground acceleration can be expressed in fractions of g (the standard acceleration due to Earth's gravity, equivalent to g-force) as either a decimal or percentage; in m/s 2 (1 g = 9.81 m/s 2); [7] or in multiples of Gal, where 1 Gal is equal to 0.01 m/s 2 (1 g = 981 Gal).

  7. Proper acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Map & traveler views of 1g proper-acceleration from rest for one year. Traveler spacetime for a constant-acceleration roundtrip. In relativity theory, proper acceleration [1] is the physical acceleration (i.e., measurable acceleration as by an accelerometer) experienced by an object.

  8. Gravitational acceleration - Wikipedia

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    In physics, gravitational acceleration is the acceleration of an object in free fall within a vacuum (and thus without experiencing drag).

  9. Weightlessness - Wikipedia

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    Gravity between the spacecraft and an object within it may make the object slowly "fall" toward a more massive part of it. The acceleration is 0.007 μg for 1000 kg at 1 m distance. Uniform effects (which could be compensated): Though extremely thin, there is some air at orbital altitudes of 185 to 1,000 km.