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The gravity of Earth, denoted by g, is the net acceleration that is imparted to objects due to the combined effect of gravitation (from mass distribution within Earth) and the centrifugal force (from the Earth's rotation).
18 lut 2014 · Assuming spherically symmetric mass distribution within Earth, one can compute gravitational field inside the planet using Gauss' law for gravity. One consequence of the law is that while computing the gravitational field at a distance r < R (with R being the radius of the Earth), one can ignore all the mass outside the radius r from the center
Since Equation 13.2 is derived from Equation 13.1, it is also valid for symmetrical mass distributions, but both equations are valid only for values of r ≥ R E. As we saw in Example 13.4, at 400 km above Earth’s surface, where the International Space Station orbits, the value of g is 8.67 m/s 2.
For our purposes, gravity can be defined as the force exerted on a mass m due to the combination of (1) the gravitational attraction of the Earth, with mass M or ME and (2) the rotation of the Earth.
The gravitational force between any two particles with (point) masses at position and at position separated by a distance is an attraction along a line joining the particles (see Figure 2.1): (2.1) or, in vector form: (2.2) Figure 2.1: Vector diagram showing the geometry of the gravitational attraction. where
26 mar 2016 · On the surface of the Earth, the two forces are related by the acceleration due to gravity: Fg = mg. Kilograms and slugs are units of mass; newtons and pounds are units of weight.
The Gravitational Field. Equation \ref{13.2} is a scalar equation, giving the magnitude of the gravitational acceleration as a function of the distance from the center of the mass that causes the acceleration. But we could have retained the vector form for the force of gravity in Equation \ref{13.1}, and written the acceleration in vector form as
