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Gravitational Force

 The gravitational force is a force that attracts any two objects with mass.
 We call the gravitational force attractive because it always tries to pull masses
together, it never pushes them apart.
 In fact, every object, including you, is pulling on every other object in the entire
universe! This is called Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
Gravitational Force Formula
The gravitational force formula is also known as Newton’s law of gravitation.
Also, it defines the magnitude of the force between two objects.

Furthermore, the gravitation force formula includes the gravitational constant


whose value is G = 6.67 ×10−11N⋅m2/kg2.

Besides, the unit of gravitational force is Newtons (N).


gravitational force = (gravitationalconstant)(massofobject1)
(massofobject2)(distancebetweenobjects)2
Fg = Gm1m2r2
Examples of Gravitational Force

 Your weight - If there was no gravity, you would weigh nothing.


 Apples falling from a tree - The reason how gravity was discovered (by Issac
Newton)
 Kicking a football up in the air; it obviously comes back down
 Jumping up and down
Examples of Gravitational Force
 Buildings sticking to the ground
 Rain falling from the sky
 All planets forming the solar system - The reason why planets are orbiting the Sun is because of
its huge gravitational pull
 The moon orbiting the Earth - Same reason as the above
 Waves in the sea are formed mostly due to the gravity of the moon
Examples of Gravitational Force
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Examples of Gravitational Force


Uses of Gravitational Force

 The force that keeps you walking on Earth instead of


floating away into space

 Because of Gravity you re pulled towards your book,


pencils and every other objects around you.

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