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    Gravity is a force that attracts objects toward each other. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object gains due to its position in a gravitational field and depends on the object's mass, the gravitational acceleration, and its height. The gravitational field strength is the gravitational force per unit mass exerted on an object and depends on the attracting mass and distance.

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    Gravity is a force that attracts objects toward each other. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object gains due to its position in a gravitational field and depends on the object's mass, the gravitational acceleration, and its height. The gravitational field strength is the gravitational force per unit mass exerted on an object and depends on the attracting mass and distance.

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    Gravity is a force that attracts objects toward each other. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object gains due to its position in a gravitational field and depends on the object's mass, the gravitational acceleration, and its height. The gravitational field strength is the gravitational force per unit mass exerted on an object and depends on the attracting mass and distance.

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    Gravity is a force that attracts objects toward each other. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object gains due to its position in a gravitational field and depends on the object's mass, the gravitational acceleration, and its height. The gravitational field strength is the gravitational force per unit mass exerted on an object and depends on the attracting mass and distance.

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    GRAVITY

    Gravity is a force which tries to pull two


    objects toward each other. Anything which
    has mass also has a gravitational pull. The
    more massive an object is, the stronger its
    gravitational pull is. Earth's gravity is what
    keeps you on the ground and what cause
    objects to fall.
    Universal Law of Gravitation?
    Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
    states that every particle attracts every
    other particle in the universe with force
    directly proportional to the product of the
    masses and inversely proportional to the
    square of the distance between them.
    Formula: , where, F is the gravitational
    force between bodies, m1 and m2 are
    the masses of the bodies, r is the
    distance between the centres of two
    bodies, G is the universal gravitational
    constant.
    The constant proportionality (G) in the above
    equation is known as the universal
    gravitation constant. Henry Cavendish
    experimentally determined the precise value
    of G. The value of G is found to be
    G = 6.673 x 10 N m /kg .
    -11 2 2
    Example 1:
    Calculate the gravitational force of attraction between the
    Earth and a 70 kg man standing at a sea level, a
    distance of 6.38 x 106 m from the earth’s centre.
    Given:
    m1 is the mass of the Earth which is equal to 5.98 x
    1024 kg
    m2 is the mass of the man which is equal to 70 kg
    d = 6.38 x 106 m
    The value of G = 6.673 x 10-11 N m2/kg2
    Now substituting the values in the Gravitational force
    formula, we get

    F=
    F= 685 N
    Calculate the force of gravity that exists between a 60
    kg person and an 80 kg person who are 50 cm apart
    from each other.

    Solution
    Let 50 cm = 0.5 m
    G = 6.673 x 10-11 N m2/kg2

    Masses = (60kg)(80kg)
    (60𝑘𝑔)(80𝑘𝑔) = −6
    F = (6.673 x 10 N m /kg
    -11 2 2 1.28𝑥10 𝑁
    (0.5)2
    Gravitational field
    Formula: g = ,
    Where
    g is for gravitational field
    G for gravity
    m for mass
    r for distance
    The gravitational field is the gravitational
    force per unit mass that would be exerted
    on a small mass at that point. It is a
    vector field, and points in the direction of
    the force that the mass would feel.
    Example:
    Calculate the gravitational field strength
    generated by earth (at (a) the earth’s
    surface .(b) 5000 km above the earth’s
    surface. ( the radius of the earth is
    approximately 6380km).
    Gravitational Potential Energy
    Gravitational potential energy (GPE) is a type
    of potential energy which is generated using
    height and the presence of gravity. Gravitational
    potential energy is the energy possessed or acquired by
    an object due to a change in its position when it is
    present in a gravitational field. In simple terms, it can be
    said that gravitational potential energy is an energy that
    is related to gravitational force or to gravity.
    The equation for gravitational potential
    energy is:
    ⇒ GPE = m⋅g⋅h
    Where,
     m is the mass in kilograms
     g is the acceleration due to gravity (9.8 on
    Earth)
     h is the height above the ground in meters
    Example 1. Calculate the gravitational
    potential energy of a body of mass
    10Kg and is 25m above the ground.
    Solution:
    Given: Mass m = 10 Kg and Height h = 25 m
    G.P.E is given as,
    U = m × g × h = 10 Kg 9.8 m/s2 × 25 m
    = 2450 J.

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