PHYSICS

GRAVITY &
GRAVITATION
GROUP 1
 LET US DEFINE...

GRAVITY &
GRAVITATION
GRAVITATION
The force of attraction
between any two bodies

GRAVITY
The force of attraction
between any body and the
Earth
In this chapter,we are going to discuss:

GRAVITY, UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION

CONSTANT

GRAVITATIONAL FIELD STRENGTH

 GRAVITATIONAL FIELD STRENGTH

This is a way of measuring how much gravity there is. The formula is:
weight/mass = gravitational field strength. On Earth the gravitational field
strength is 10 N/kg.

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. For a point particle of mass M, the magnitude of the
resultant gravitational field strength g, at distance r, from M, is

GM
g = ______
r2
 GRAVITATIONAL FIELD STRENGTH
SAMPLE PROBLEM:
Calculate the gravitational field strength generated by the Earth (M = 5.97 x
10^24 kg ) at the Earth's surface. The radius of the Earth is approximately 6380
km.
F= ma
F
F= mg
F
G=m1m2
_____________
2 = mg
R

GM
_________ ‐ + +
g=
R2
 GRAVITATIONAL FIELD STRENGTH

g=
GM
______
R
2 = (6.67 x 10 N.m / 24
_____ ) (5.97 x 10 kg)
-11 2

kg 2

/
_______________________________________________
(6.38 x 10 m) 2

g= 9.78 N
/kg
g= 9.81 m/s 2
 GRAVITY, UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
CONSTANT - GRAVITATIONAL FORCE BETWEEN
EARTH, MOON, & SUN
In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton put forward the Universal Law of Gravitation which 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.

This can be written in equation form as:

F= Magnitude of Gravitational Force
m¹ m² Where, G= Universal Gravitational Constant
F=G r² m and m = Masses of the Interacting Particles
¹ Distance
² Between the Particle
r²=

The value of G or the Universal Gravitational Constant is: 6.674 × 10‐¹¹ N m²/kg²
 GRAVITY, UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
CONSTANT - GRAVITATIONAL FORCE BETWEEN
EARTH, MOON, & SUN
SAMPLE PROBLEM:

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

50 cm
50 cm = 0.5 m
-11
f f G = 6.67 x 10
2 2
N x M / Kg

60 kg 80 kg

-6
F = GM1M2 (6.67 x 10 )(60)(80) = 1.28 x 10 N
=
R2 (0.5)
2
 GRAVITY, UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION CONSTANT-
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE BETWEEN EARTH,MOON, &
SUN
2.Calculate the force of gravity of a 25kg block resting on the earth (M =
5.97 x 10^24 kg). The radius of the earth
GM1M2 is 6.38 x 10^6 m.
F=

R²
(6.67×10-¹¹)(25)(597×10²⁴)
F=
(6.38×10⁶)²
F=244.6N
W=mg=(25kg)9.8m/s²)=245N
 Thank you❤
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BERLIN, ZEALYKA
MALIFERO, ALEX
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CARREON, JOSEPH MARC
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