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  2. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    The force is proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them: [11] Diagram of two masses attracting one another = where F is the force between the masses; G is the Newtonian constant of gravitation (6.674 × 10 −11 m 3 ⋅kg −1 ⋅s −2);

  3. Cavendish experiment - Wikipedia

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    The arm rotated until it reached an angle where the twisting force of the wire balanced the combined gravitational force of attraction between the large and small lead spheres. By measuring the angle of the rod and knowing the twisting force ( torque ) of the wire for a given angle, Cavendish was able to determine the force between the pairs of ...

  4. Cheerios effect - Wikipedia

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    All objects in a fluid experience two opposed forces in the vertical direction: gravity (determined by the mass of the object) and buoyancy (determined by the density of the fluid and the volume of liquid displaced by the object). If the buoyant force is greater than the force of gravity acting on an object, it will rise to the top of the liquid.

  5. Radiation pressure - Wikipedia

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    The backward acting force of pressure exerted on the front surface is thus larger than the force of pressure acting on the back. Hence, as the resultant of the two forces, there remains a force that counteracts the motion of the plate and that increases with the velocity of the plate. We will call this resultant 'radiation friction' in brief."

  6. Two-body problem in general relativity - Wikipedia

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    The inner radius r inner is unstable, because the attractive third force strengthens much faster than the other two forces when r becomes small; if the particle slips slightly inwards from r inner (where all three forces are in balance), the third force dominates the other two and draws the particle inexorably inwards to r = 0.

  7. Colloidal probe technique - Wikipedia

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    The forces profiles are shown in top row, and the cantilever response in the bottom. From left to right: Hard-core repulsion, soft repulsion, and attraction. Let us now consider the relevant situation where the probe and the substrate interact. Let us denote by F(h) the force between the probe and the

  8. Newton's theorem of revolving orbits - Wikipedia

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    When k is less than one, the inverse-cube force is repulsive, whereas when k is greater than one, the force is attractive. An inverse-cube central force F 2 (r) has the form = where the numerator μ may be positive (repulsive) or negative (attractive). If such an inverse-cube force is introduced, Newton's theorem says that the corresponding ...

  9. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    Every object perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon. [note 3] Newton's first law expresses the principle of inertia: the natural behavior of a body is to move in a straight line at constant speed. A body's motion preserves the status quo, but ...