Gravity
One of the four fundamental interactions, gravity is responsible for the fact that any objects with mass attract one another. According to general relativity, it is a space time curvature, but according to quantum mechanics it is the result of exchanges of virtual gravitons.
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Alcohen2006Tesla's Anti-Gravity Machine Here are opinions and answers from WikiAnswers Contributors: Teslas' anti-gravity machine has...
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There are three major things which will effect the electric resistance: 1.Resistance of conductor depends upon its...
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This is a problem encountered with extraction of Petroleum from the ground. Petroleum engineers use steam flooding processes to...
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No.G = 6.674 * 10-11 m3kg-1s-2 The powers for mass and time were incorrect.
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F = GM1M2/R2 G =6.67300 × 10-11 M1 = 3kg M2 = 3kg R = .15 m F = 0.00000002692 Newtons
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Gravity is the force that causes objects to attract each other. Gravity is not an object, therefore it has no color.
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There are several exercises that can be done in zero-G, any of which you can do here on Earth. "Isometric" exercises, in which...
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The moon has less gravity, because its mass is smaller. Gravity of an object like the moon or a planet is related to its mass....
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When there is no gravity. Weight is the affect of gravity on a object. Objects in orbit or objects that are falling still have...
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As good as. If you weigh 100 lbs on earth, you would weigh 16.54 lbs on the moon. One sixth of 100 equals 16.6666.... Close...
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Surface gravity determines what a mass weighs.
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Newton showed that, for spherical objects, you can make the simplifying assumption that all of the object's mass is concentrated...
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AnswerIt keeps the planets in orbit. Without something to pull us in, because also each planet has it's own attraction and repel...
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When something burns, like a candle for instance, the substance acting as the fuel (e.g. the wax) becomes very hot and...
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A free falling body appears to be weightless because gravity is the only force acting on it. There is no ground or floor to stop...
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Gravity affects the string by applying a force (dm).(g) on every particle of mass dm. Thereby, it produces a damping effect on...
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The basic idea of friction is to fitting the ups and downs of one surface into the ups and downs of other surface. Mostly, we...
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That's a really good question that a lot of physicists would like to know the answer to. One theory is that it has to do with...
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Of the four fundamental interactions, gravity is the weakest force by far. electromagnetic forces are almost always stronger than...
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Gravity works on Helium the same as it works on everything else. But the higher air pressure at sea level (caused by gravity...
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As odd as it sounds, the weight of earth is exactly zero, because the earth is in orbit around the sun, and as such, the earth...
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Mass: 6.42 x 1023 kilograms Volume: 1.642 x 1011 cubic kilometers Acceleration of gravity at the surface: 3.7 meters/sec2
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It is negative if the upwards direction is defined as positive. Acceleration is downward.
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It's the point inside the box that's halfway between the left side and right side, halfway between the front and back, and...
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In theory it's engrish at its finest, meaning a bad translation. Hopefully it refers to the internal gyro/accelerometer used to...
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Gravity was the first force to split from the other three fundamental universal forces (these being the electromagnetic, strong...
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An English physicist named James Chadwick discovered the neutron- winning him a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932.
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Gravity is affected by the masses of the objects, and the distance between them (really the distance between their...
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It is Kinetic energy, pertaining to motion.. It is compressed energy, the spring in the Stick is in Compression, this energy will...
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It doesn't. Gravity's range is theoretically infinite, so you will never be free of its influence. The only way to stop...
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A measure of the force of gravity would be the product of mass and the acceleration. The unit of which gravity is measured is...
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Jupiter does not have a solid surface upon which to stand - just many turbulent and increasingly dense layers of gas and liquid -...
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Gravity strengths at the equator for each of the planets is as follows, measured in g's, where 1 g is the standard earth...
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Gravity will always be there, but you can set up an arrangement where you will appear to be weightless. Such an arrangement is in...
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Force = Mass x Acceleration F = ma W=mg It is the intensity of the gravitational field. The acceleration. due to gravity is the...
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1). The force of gravity attracts you downward. 2). The floor of the elevator car exerts an upward force on the bottom of your...
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If an object's speed changes, or it heads off in a new direction, its velocity has changed. Awsome! right?
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Definition for center of gravity is the point where weight of the object balance in all direction. Finding the CG for any...
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According to Einstein's theory of relativity the speed of gravity is equal to the speed of light; i.e. about 671 million miles...
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Assuming you can keep your feet on the ground, there should be no difference. Since the forces of gravity act vertically, they...
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Nothing. Your mass is all yours. It goes with you wherever you go,and doesn't change.
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gravity G=m*g, ("g" is a constant, "m" is the mass of the object)density p=m/V ("V" is the volume of the object, "m" is the...
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Non-contact. Gravity can effect objects separated by hundreds of millions of light years -- which is why our galaxy is moving...
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the tension in the rope, string, or wire from which the light is hanging
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specific gravity of acitic acid is 1.052
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Acceleration due to gravity on Saturn = 11.171 m/s2 (9.807 m/s2 on Earth)
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using f = (G*m1*m2) / d^2for sun / earth = 3.524 * 10^24 newtonsfor sun / pluto = 4.958 * 10^16 newtonssun / earth is 710600...
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Since that is very near to Earth - compared to Earth's radius - the gravity will be almost the same as on the surface. If you...
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Gravitational force also get halved since G is directly proportional to product of the masses and inversely to square of the...
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Air makes parachutes possible.Gravity makes them necessary.
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like how much you weigh on earth and how much you weigh somewhere else. Like if ur 5 lbs here and 50 lbs somwer else, the gravity...
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About 1.042 at 21C.
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yes as the wight is directly proportional to gravity. In fact, weight itself is a force, as force is F=ma, such as weight on...
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500-N Moreover, she is walking near Grant's Tomb eating an orange. What famous military leader is buried there, and what is the...
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Well, first gravity makes it launch, second it makes the ball start to fall down when it's launched.
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9.8 meters (32.2 feet) per second2 Technically when pronouncing acceleration due to gravity the internationally correct way to...
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Mars's gravity is 38% of Earth's.
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Gravity doesnt have a source
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It is the ratio of the density of a material to that of water at 4 degrees Celsius. It's the same as the number of kilograms per...
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increase is m*g*h (joules)
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There would have to be a sufficiently large cloud of gas made mostly of hydrogen. It would begin to collapses under gravity. Any...
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No reason at all, and I think this is one urban legend that would be easy to bustif you just try it. Take one of each up in a...
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Yes and no. When it 'falls' out of a cannon/musket, the solid steel ball will fall at an significantly speedier rate than that of...
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The gravitational force. Or weight.
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The sun. The amount of gravity that something possesses is proportional to its mass and distance between it and another object.
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Mass is the amount of matter a body has. Gravity is a pulling force that pulls the object towards the core of the body.The weight...
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Nature of gravity: A curvature in space-time caused by matter. Since every form of matter in the universe creates its own...
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2h(a+b)/3(a-b)
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you need the rcon password unless you are the host the command is:/rcon g_gravity valuethe 'value' can be anywhere from 100 to...
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The force of gravity is directly proportional to the product of the mass of the two objects ,between whom the force is acting ,...
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.434 TIMES the height of the bottom of the tank from the fixture / faucet in feet gives you the psi at that outlet.
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Gravity. A basic explanation is that anything in the universe that has mass (all matter and substances) create a gravitational...
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Specific gravity of mango juice:Industry standard is 1.044, assuming water at 1 kg / litre, then 1 litre mango juice = 1.044 kg
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As far as we know ... judging by all the experimental and observational evidence to date ... no such place exists in the...
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Neptune has a surface gravity of 11.15 m/s² or 1.14 g (1.14 times the surface gravity on earth). Therefore, if you weighed 100lb...
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movement
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From the Latin word 'Gravitas', which means 'heavy'. The origins of the Latin word are a bit more obscure.....
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An ordinary balance scale would work IF you were in a vessel designed to simulate gravity by rotating, so that objects in contact...
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That's not quite the proper phrasing, but yes, the Moon's gravity does indeed have an effect on the Earth, most obviously the...
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Aristotle did the first recorded speculations on the nature of gravity.Speculations by various philosophers continued for...
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Gravity is the force that exists between things that have mass. It is not understood why it exists, but its effects are well...
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Gravity doesn't become zero at equator, its value is roughly the same all over the earths surface.
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simple take your head and dip in it
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Sir Isaac Newton found Gravity when he was sleeping under a tree and an apple fell on him.
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yes, the gravity is the only major force to regulate the shape and integrity of universe, whenever a slight change in unverse...
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Yes. Gravity is proportional to the product of the two masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance. For...
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The proper question is how does gravity affer weight. The heavier an object is, the greater the gravitational force.
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AnswerA vector quantity is differentiated from a scalar value by virtue of having both magnitude and direction. Hence, 30km/h is...
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conservative and non-conservative forces.
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