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  • unchanging regardless of its changing gravitational context. On the surface ... where G is the universal gravitational constant. The above statement ...
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  • distance at which the heliocentric gravitational constant (the product GM☉ ... of uncertainty in the value of the gravitational constant. Because the gravitational ...
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  • of an object is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on the object ... on the Earth's surface. In such a constant gravitational field, the ...
    10 KB (1,621 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
  • the radius of the Earth, G is the gravitational constant, and M is the mass ... where v_e is the escape velocity, G is the gravitational constant ...
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  • average density of the earth using the gravitational theories of Isaac Newton ... Cavendish calculated Newton's gravitational constant, G. This mistake ...
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  • which is defined as the amount of gravitational force exerted on the ... particles. In general relativity, gravitational force is a trajectory ...
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  • When the force is constant and along the same line as the motion, ... in a steady direction, and acted on by a constant force parallel to that direction ...
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  • mass/energy. They have an attractive gravitational interaction and are slowing ... Two proposed forms for dark energy are the cosmological constant, ...
    26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
  • * the gravitational constant G, * the speed of light in a vacuum c ... per second (m·s-1). The universal gravitational constant (or Newton's ...
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  • in a uniform circular motion at a constant speed is also said to undergo ... causes change in direction. If it is constant in magnitude and changing ...
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  • force produced when a mass is in a gravitational field. In free fall, ... * Gravitational constant * Elementary charge (electric charge of electrons ...
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  • of free space or the magnetic constant, NIST, [http://physics.nist ... of free space or the electric constant. NIST, [http://physics.nist ...
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  • Zwicky proposed that the release of the gravitational binding energy of the ... hot neutron star. The energy source is gravitational and results from a rain ...
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  • a change in the strength of the local gravitational field will not change ... 1874), use a spring with a known spring constant, and measure the displacement ...
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  • is of the same form as Newton's Gravitational Law: The electrical force ... m2 C-2 (also m F-1) is the electrostatic constant or Coulomb force constant, and ...
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  • its presence can be inferred from gravitational effects on visible matter. velocities of galaxies in clusters, gravitational lensing of background ...
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  • In the context of an entirely uniform gravitational field, the center of ... forces, the center of mass moves with constant velocity. This applies for ...
    21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
  • where h/2π is reduced Planck's constant). They attract or repel ... exchange (in units of reduced Planck's constant). Because fermions ...
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  • on the curve to two fixed points is a constant. The two fixed points are ... from the pencil to the pins will remain a constant. ==Eccentricity== ...
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  • the orbital speed of each planet is not constant, as had previously been ... Owing to mutual gravitational perturbations, the eccentricities of ...
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