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  2. g-force - Wikipedia

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    The g-force acting on a stationary object resting on the Earth's surface is 1 g (upwards) and results from the resisting reaction of the Earth's surface bearing upwards equal to an acceleration of 1 g, and is equal and opposite to gravity. The number 1 is approximate, depending on location.

  3. 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). This is the steady gain in speed caused exclusively by gravitational attraction .

  4. Space travel under constant acceleration - Wikipedia

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    At a constant acceleration of 1 g, a rocket could travel the diameter of our galaxy in about 12 years ship time, and about 113,000 years planetary time. If the last half of the trip involves deceleration at 1 g, the trip would take about 24 years. If the trip is merely to the nearest star, with deceleration the last half of the way, it would ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (acceleration) - Wikipedia

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    0.44 g: Car acceleration 0–100 km/h in 6.4 s with a Saab 9-5 Hirsch [citation needed] inertial 9.80665 m/s 2: 1 g: Standard gravity, the gravity acceleration on Earth at sea level standard [3] 10 1: 1 dam/s 2: inertial 11.2 m/s 2: 1.14 g: Saturn V Moon rocket just after launch [citation needed] inertial 15.2 m/s 2: 1.55 g

  6. Acceleration - Wikipedia

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    In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time. ... (Standard gravity, g 0) 1 Gal, or cm/s 2: 1: 0.032 8084: 0.01:

  7. Standard gravity - Wikipedia

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    This value was established by the third General Conference on Weights and Measures (1901, CR 70) and used to define the standard weight of an object as the product of its mass and this nominal acceleration. [1] [2] The acceleration of a body near the surface of the Earth is due to the combined effects of gravity and centrifugal acceleration ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Proper acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Here a o is an acceleration due to proper forces and a g is, by default, a geometric acceleration that we see applied to the object because of our coordinate system choice. At low speeds these accelerations combine to generate a coordinate acceleration like a = d 2 x /d t 2 , while for unidirectional motion at any speed a o 's magnitude is that ...