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  2. Standard gravity - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The acceleration of a body near the surface of the Earth is due to the combined effects of gravity and centrifugal acceleration from the rotation of the Earth (but the latter is small enough to be negligible for most purposes); the total (the apparent gravity) is about 0.5% greater at the poles than at the Equator. [3] [4]

  3. Theoretical gravity - Wikipedia

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    When the rotational component is included (as above), the gravity at the equator is about 0.53% less than that at the poles, with gravity at the poles being unaffected by the rotation. So the rotational component of change due to latitude (0.35%) is about twice as significant as the mass attraction change due to latitude (0.18%), but both ...

  4. Gravitational constant - Wikipedia

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    G is quite difficult to measure because gravity is much weaker than other fundamental forces, and an experimental apparatus cannot be separated from the gravitational influence of other bodies. Measurements with pendulums were made by Francesco Carlini (1821, 4.39 g/cm 3 ), Edward Sabine (1827, 4.77 g/cm 3 ), Carlo Ignazio Giulio (1841, 4.95 g ...

  5. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    where F is the gravitational force acting between two objects, m 1 and m 2 are the masses of the objects, r is the distance between the centers of their masses, and G is the gravitational constant. The first test of Newton's law of gravitation between masses in the laboratory was the Cavendish experiment conducted by the British scientist Henry ...

  6. Gravity of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The gravity g′ at depth d is given by g′ = g(1 − d/R) where g is acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth, d is depth and R is the radius of the Earth. If the density decreased linearly with increasing radius from a density ρ 0 at the center to ρ 1 at the surface, then ρ(r) = ρ 0 − (ρ 0 − ρ 1) r / R, and the ...

  7. g-force - Wikipedia

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    The g-force acting on an object under acceleration can be much greater than 1 g, for example, the dragster pictured at top right can exert a horizontal g-force of 5.3 when accelerating. The g-force acting on an object under acceleration may be downwards, for example when cresting a sharp hill on a roller coaster.

  8. Gross rating point - Wikipedia

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    With "today's fragmented media world" the value of GRP is, according to the Advertising Research Foundation's Journal of Advertising Research, even greater than in the pre-Internet era. [6] Since "the required frequency changes with the product and the competitive climate it is in", [ 2 ] the purpose of the GRP metric is to measure impressions ...

  9. Gravitational acceleration - Wikipedia

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    All bodies accelerate in vacuum at the same rate, regardless of the masses or compositions of the bodies; [1] the measurement and analysis of these rates is known as gravimetry. At a fixed point on the surface, the magnitude of Earth's gravity results from combined effect of gravitation and the centrifugal force from Earth's rotation .