Saturday, 6 October 2018

Universal Law of Gravitation

The Gravitational Constant, denoted buy the letter G, is an empirical physical constant used in the calculation of gravitational effects in Sir Issac Newton's law of Universal Gravitation.
Sir Issac Newton

Characteristics of 'G':
-It is always constant

-it is independent of mass of falling body

-It is a weak, long range force

-It always acts in action and reaction pair

-It is a centre force (works bw centre of mass of 2 bodies)

Gravity exerts a force on 2 bodies having mass which can be denoted as follows:



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