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  2. Gravitational constant - Wikipedia

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    G is quite difficult to measure because gravity is much weaker than other fundamental forces, and an experimental apparatus cannot be separated from the gravitational influence of other bodies. Measurements with pendulums were made by Francesco Carlini (1821, 4.39 g/cm 3 ), Edward Sabine (1827, 4.77 g/cm 3 ), Carlo Ignazio Giulio (1841, 4.95 g ...

  3. 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).

  4. Gravity - Wikipedia

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    In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight' [1]) is a fundamental interaction primarily observed as mutual attraction between all things that have mass.Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 10 38 times weaker than the strong interaction, 10 36 times weaker than the electromagnetic force and 10 29 times weaker than the weak interaction.

  5. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    Euler's number (2.71828, ... acceleration due to gravity: meters per second squared (m/s 2), or equivalently, ... The Physics Hypertextbook

  6. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    Physics portal; Bentley's paradox – Cosmological paradox involving gravity; Gauss's law for gravity – Restatement of Newton's law of universal gravitation; Jordan and Einstein frames – different conventions for the metric tensor, in a theory of a dilaton coupled to gravity

  7. Gravity of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The gravity g′ at depth d is given by g′ = g(1 − d/R) where g is acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth, d is depth and R is the radius of the Earth. If the density decreased linearly with increasing radius from a density ρ 0 at the center to ρ 1 at the surface, then ρ ( r ) = ρ 0 − ( ρ 0 − ρ 1 ) r / R , and the ...

  8. Standard gravitational parameter - Wikipedia

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    The standard gravitational parameter μ of a celestial body is the product of the gravitational constant G and the mass M of that body. For two bodies, the parameter may be expressed as G(m 1 + m 2), or as GM when one body is much larger than the other: = (+).

  9. Gravitational acceleration - Wikipedia

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    At a fixed point on the surface, the magnitude of Earth's gravity results from combined effect of gravitation and the centrifugal force from Earth's rotation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At different points on Earth's surface, the free fall acceleration ranges from 9.764 to 9.834 m/s 2 (32.03 to 32.26 ft/s 2 ), [ 4 ] depending on altitude , latitude , and ...