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- object in question, and a is the acceleration due to gravity, on Earth approximately ... by multiplying mass by the acceleration due to gravity—either standard ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- force on a mixture in a test tube, to rapidly and completely bring ... quoted in multiples of g, the acceleration due to gravity at the Earth& ...7 KB (963 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- (RPM) or in multiples of g, the acceleration due to gravity at the Earth& ... in multiples of g, the standard acceleration due to gravity at the Earth& ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- object at which its kinetic energy is equal to the magnitude of its gravitational ... derived from "g," the acceleration due to gravity at the Earth& ...18 KB (2,947 words) - 21:28, 20 March 2024
- distance from the earth; the acceleration due to gravity at an altitude ... *standing on the ground, sitting in a chair on the ground, etc. (gravity ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- the measure of an object's resistance to change in motion, that is, ... * Inertial mass is a measure of an object's resistance to changing ...19 KB (3,055 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- plane of rotation for each is perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the ... The gyroscope's ability to hold its axis fixed in a certain orientation ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 08:50, 29 July 2023
- energy that permeates all of space and tends to increase the rate of expansion ... and dark matter, these photons are thought to be so attenuated by time that ...26 KB (3,829 words) - 22:20, 25 January 2024
- Pressure (symbol "p") is the force applied to a surface ... ::*g is the acceleration due to gravity (approximately 9.81 m/s2 on ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- of mass is often called the center of gravity--the point where gravity ... of its center of mass is fixed in relation to the object (but not necessarily ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- an electric field (that can also be equated to electric flux density). This ... energy with energy density proportional to the square of the field intensity ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- star with an interior that is thought to be composed of mainly neutrons ... radius between 10 and 20 km—about 30,000 to 70,000 times smaller than the ...14 KB (2,170 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- mass of an object and are used in science to obtain the mass of an object ... Occasionally, an appropriate weighing scale may be used to measure ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 18:33, 17 April 2023
- a star or planet under the influence of gravity. When more than one body ... in astronomical units (AU), is equal to the square of the planet's ...29 KB (4,580 words) - 01:05, 18 November 2022
- of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace ... velocity such that the acceleration due to gravity on the spacecraft ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- volt (keV). These particles are able to escape the Sun's gravity ... Birkeland was probably the first person to successfully predict that, ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 00:46, 4 February 2023
- moving object, are needed in the equation to correctly describe the motion. experience a Coriolis force, and appear to veer to the right in the northern ...54 KB (8,553 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- :This article is intended as a generally accessible introduction to ... Einstein between 1907 and 1915. According to general relativity, the observed ...66 KB (9,838 words) - 15:01, 26 September 2022
- Flywheel energy storage (FES) works by accelerating a rotor (flywheel ... Most FES systems use electricity to accelerate and decelerate the ...17 KB (2,549 words) - 06:12, 1 April 2024
- with a value that is generally believed to be both universal in nature ... that stars like our Sun would not be able to exist and intelligent life ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- layer of a liquid that causes that layer to behave as an elastic sheet ... | \scriptstyle g is the acceleration due to gravity and is equal to ...28 KB (4,404 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- According to present observations of structures larger than galaxies ... and radiation in the universe is estimated to be equivalent to about one ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- sediment accumulation, as their shells sink to the ocean floor after the creatures ... fluid respectively); g is the acceleration due to gravity; r is the radius ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:44, 25 January 2023
- Rocket propellant is the material used by a rocket engine to generate ... by combustion of the propellant materials to form very hot gases, which ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- , but it is slightly smaller than Uranus due to its higher density. The ... methane, so an unknown component is presumed to cause Neptune's intense color. ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- positions of the Moon and Sun relative to the Earth, the effects of Earth ... The tide reverses direction and is said to be turning. ...37 KB (5,992 words) - 23:32, 30 April 2023
- motion from this system, he was the first to show that the motions of bodies ... the rate of cooling of objects when exposed to air. Furthermore, he studied ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- A celestial sphere can also refer to a physical model of the celestial ... of the Earth, and no parallax effects need to be taken into account. In the ...58 KB (9,037 words) - 23:45, 3 December 2023
- Sun, and was the first Kuiper Belt object to be discovered. Approximately ... Astronomical Union (IAU) has yet to formalize a definition for ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- or aircraft that obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving ... In this process, the gases are accelerated to extremely high speeds, and ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to ... and the death of many public transit systems to the growth of malls, the replacement ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- exploits the rise and fall in sea levels due to the tides, or the movement ... energy from the moving water currents to power turbines, in a similar ...18 KB (2,762 words) - 23:26, 30 April 2023
- the lunar deities Selene and Cynthia) refer to the Moon. The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- a well-placed official who was secretary to the princes of Orange. Huygens ... a mustache at the time, and wore his sword to class. A fight broke out, and ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- units, though these do not affect its day-to-day use. Over the last two ... a multiple of 10. The standard acceleration due to gravity on Earth gn has ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- and ice. The coma and tail are primarily due to the effects of solar radiation ... comets formed from a nebula that collapsed to produce the solar system, about ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- Human ability to harness electricity is one of the keys for the establishment ... usage of the word electricity is ascribed to Sir Thomas Browne in his 1646 ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- a distinct state of matter in contrast to gases because of its unique ... energy being too great for stable atoms to form. For instance, at the ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- The ear shows a common biology from fish to humans, with variations in ... The word "ear" may be used correctly to describe the whole ...23 KB (3,869 words) - 17:32, 12 February 2024
- energetic processes on the Sun all the way to the farthest reaches of the ... radiation that people on Earth are exposed to. For astronauts, however, the ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224 ... may still be active today. In contrast to the constant crustal movement ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- of gravitation by his imaginative solutions to mathematical problems. He contributed ... a farm-laborer. He owed his education to the interest excited in some ...24 KB (3,889 words) - 05:17, 24 November 2022
- and 1610, when Galileo made improvements to his telescope, enabling him ... were chosen by Simon Marius. Marius claimed to have discovered the moons at ...25 KB (3,695 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- The term is also used in a narrower sense to describe the fundamental "fireball ... towards longer wavelengths proportional to each galaxy's distance ...58 KB (8,668 words) - 03:46, 1 October 2023
- time, whose brilliant career was cut short due to excessive use of alcohol ... Best had a rare combination of pace, blistering acceleration, balance ...22 KB (3,398 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- natural phenomenon and many people travel to remote locations in order to ... Sun and the Moon as seen from Earth appear to be approximately the same: ...35 KB (5,853 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2023
- In common usage, the term light (or visible light) refers to electromagnetic ... There are many sources of light. Most often, a body that is heated ...39 KB (6,028 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- of heavier elements. The Sun is thought to be about 4.6 billion years ... changing magnetic field that varies year-to-year and reverses direction ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- multiple atomic particles join together to form a heavier nucleus. It ... extreme power of a fission bomb is necessary to begin the process. While some ...39 KB (6,029 words) - 23:53, 16 November 2022
- European windstorms, and polar lows, leading to their classification as "warm ... The adjective "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
