Newton's Law of Gravitation

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• How is Coulomb's law different than Newton's law of gravitation?
• Which of Newton's laws states that an object with no net force will remain in rest or in constant velocity?
• How does the law of universal gravitation apply to planet motion around the Sun?
• What is gravitation?
• What body exerts the weakest gravitational force on earth?
• Does gravity push or pull?
• If object A attracts object B with a gravitational force of 5N from a given distance between the two objects is half, what is the changed force of attraction between them?
• How does mass affect orbital speed?
• If a rock is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 24.5 m/s where the downward acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s2. what is the rock's displacement after 1.00 s?
• Does gravity cause a change in velocity? why?
• How does the moon's gravity differ from earth's?
• How does gravity affect weight?
• How does gravity change with mass?
• How does the coulomb law differ from newton's law of universal gravitation?
• How do kepler's laws of planetary motion relate to newton's law of universal gravitation?
• How did newton discover the law of universal gravitation?
• How do you calculate acceleration of gravity?
• How is gravity affected by distance?
• What is the newton's law of universal gravitation?
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• Does a heavier person go downhill on a bicycle faster than a lighter person?
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• What is difference between the gravitational force and the force of gravity?
• On earth, two parts of a space probe weigh 12500 N and 8400 N. These parts are separated by a center-to-center distance of 23 m and are spherical. How do you find the magnitude of the gravitational force that each part exerts on the other out in space?
• A 7.3 kg bowling ball and a 8.1 kg bowling ball rest on a rack 1.27 m apart. What is the force of gravity exerted on each of the balls by the other ball?
• Channel picks her baby brother up out his crib after his nap. If the baby has a mass of 8.5 kg and she picks him up a distance of 0.74 meters, what is the baby's gravitational potential energy?
• How much difference is there between the astronaut's mass on Earth and on the moon?
• How to calculate the force of gravitational attraction between a person (mass=75 kg) & Earth (mass 5.98x10^24 kg and mean radius 6.37x10^6m) ?
• How to calculate the value of g at surface of Earth? (5.97x10^24 kg, 6378 km) , Moon ? (7.35x1022 kg, 1738 km) and Mars? (0.642x1024 kg, 3396 km)
• Knowing that mass of Earth #m=5.98\times 10^24# kg and mean radius #R=6.37\times 10^6# meters, at which height or altitude gravity of Earth will drop by 5 times, or drop to zero ?
• For surveying, earth satellites are sometimes launched into orbits only about 150. km above the earth’s surface. How to find the period ?
• Saturn has about 95 times the mass of the Earth. Would you expect the force of gravity on Saturn to be greater or less than on Earth? Why?
• How does gravity work on a roller coaster?
• You're conducting a physics expenmnt on another planet. You drop a rock from a height of 1 m and it hits the ground 0.4 seconds later. What is the acceleration due to gravity on this planet?
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• What would happen to the acceleration due to gravity, and to our acceleration toward the centre of the Earth, if the Earth stopped rotating?
• Object A is 7.00 kg. Object B is 7.00 kg. They are apart by 2.00 m. What is the magnitude of the gravitational force exerted by ball A on ball B?
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• What does gravity mean in physics?
• If Earth's mass decreased to one half its original mass, with no change in radius, what would happen to your weight?
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• Two objects have masses of #6 MG# and #9 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #300 m# to #250 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #6 MG# and #9 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #320 m# to #100 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #6# #MG# and #8# #MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #340# #m# to #160# #m#?
• Two objects have masses of #5 MG# and #8 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #140 m# to #160 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #5 MG# and #7 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #90 m# to #2000 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #5 MG# and #12 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #90 m# to #270 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #5 MG# and #12 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #150 m# to #270 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #4 MG# and #8 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #150 m# to #270 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #4 MG# and #8 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #150 m# to #450 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #4 MG# and #7 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #320 m# to #450 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #4 MG# and #7 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #36 m# to #45 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #9 MG# and #7 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #36 m# to #45 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #9 MG# and #5 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #36 m# to #48 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #9 MG# and #5 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #24 m# to #48 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #9 MG# and #5 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #500 m# to #20 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #9 MG# and #12 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #50 m# to #230 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #18 MG# and #2 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #160 m# to #230 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #3 MG# and #15 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #160 m# to #280 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #3 MG# and #15 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #130 m# to #24 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #3 MG# and #10 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #130 m# to #24 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #36 MG# and #18 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #81 m# to #27 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #36 MG# and #18 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #81 m# to #3 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #33# #Mg# and #18# #Mg#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #81# # m# to #3# #m#?
• Two objects have masses of #39 MG# and #18 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #81 m# to #3 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #39 MG# and #21 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #8 m# to #3 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #35 MG# and #21 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #8 m# to #3 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #35 MG# and #21 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #8 m# to #14 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #42 MG# and #26 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #8 m# to #9 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #4 MG# and #26 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #7 m# to #9 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #4 MG# and #18 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #7 m# to #2 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #4 MG# and #48 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #7 m# to #2 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #42 MG# and #48 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #21 m# to #15 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #42 MG# and #25 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #21 m# to #15 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #42 MG# and #25 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #48 m# to #15 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #42 MG# and #54 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #48 m# to #5 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #45 MG# and #54 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #48 m# to #16 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #45 MG# and #54 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #48 m# to #18 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #45 MG# and #36 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #48 m# to #18 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #32 MG# and #36 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #42 m# to #18 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #32 MG# and #36 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #42 m# to #24 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #32 MG# and #35 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #4 m# to #24 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #32 MG# and #23 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #7 m# to #34 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #32 MG# and #23 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #7 m# to #32 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #12 MG# and #23 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #25 m# to #32 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #16 MG# and #27 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #25 m# to #32 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #16 MG# and #22 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #5 m# to #39 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #17 MG# and #22 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #5 m# to #39 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #17 MG# and #22 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #5 m# to #32 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #17 MG# and #22 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #55 m# to #32 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #24 MG# and #42 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #54 m# to #32 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #27 MG# and #42 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #54 m# to #32 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #27 MG# and #13 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #48 m# to #90 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #22 MG# and #23 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #25 m# to #75 m#?
• Two objects have masses of #22 MG# and #23 MG#. How much does the gravitational potential energy between the objects change if the distance between them changes from #25 m# to #7 m#?
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• Given Newton's gravity formula, #F=G*(M*m)/(r^2)#, what are the SI units of the universal gravity constant, #G#?
• Someone weighs 200 pounds on the surface of the Earth. If the radius of the Earth is 4000 miles, how much would that person weigh 1000 miles above the surface?
• Can anyone provide a step by step explanation?
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• When you stand on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York, is your linear speed due to the Earth's rotation greater than, less than, or the same as when you were on the ground floor?
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• An astronaut on Mars wants to measure the change in the force of gravity from climbing its highest mountain. What happens? Gravity A. decreases linearly B. decreases exponentially C. increases linearly D. increases exponentially
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• If 'g' is the acceleration due to gravity on earth then increase in P.E of a body of mass 'm' up to a distance equal to the radius of earth from the earth surface will be ?
• Are there any equation for 2d motion and if present what are they?
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• What happens to the gravitational force between two objects as the bodies become farther apart from each other?
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• What is the size of the force of gravity between the Earth with a mass of 5.98 x #10^14# and the Sun that has a mass of 1.99 x #10^30# if the distance separating the earth and the sun is 1.50x#10^11# m ?
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• What is the difference between Fg = mg and Universal Gravitation?
• Universal Gravitation Problem?
• At what height above the Earth’s surface would the Earth’s gravitational field strength be equal to 7.5 N/kg?
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• Which object would fall to the ground faster: a heavy mass or a feather? (Please correct my logic).
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• The force of gravity depends on what two variables?
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• Can gravity do work on an object?
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• A box with a mass of 14.8 kg sits on the floor. How high would you have to lift box to for it to have a gravitational potential energy of 355 J?
• A cylinder of radius R is kept embedded along the wall of a dam as shown. Take density of water as #rho#. Take length as L. The force exerted by liquid on the cylinder in horizontal direction is [Neglecting atmospheric pressure]?
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• In 2016, scientists confirmed which phenomenon first predicted by Einstein exactly 100 years earlier?
• Gravitational law: which is right?
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• Help finding gravitational attraction and speed?
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• Derive the relationship between #"g"# and #"G"#?
• If Earth has a mass of 5.972 × 10^24 kg and Mars has a mass of 6.39 × 10^23 kg, and the distance between them is 225 x 10^6 m, with what force does Earth pull on Mars?
• Ok can someone help me with a GAMSAT question on mechanical and gravitational energy?