Chapter 8: Gravity

Prepared by: Dael, Tan, Estrellanes, Mirador

Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
Weight, and Gravitational Field

• Accordingto Newton’s Law of Universal

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Gravitation “Every particle of matter
attracts every other particle with a force
proportional to the product of their masses
and inversely proportional to the square of
the distance between them.”

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• In equation form this can be written as;
𝐺𝑚1 𝑚1
 eqn1 𝐹𝑔 = 2 where 𝐹𝑔 is the magnitude of
𝑟
the gravitational force, 𝑚1 and 𝑚2 are the

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masses of the interacting particles, r is the
distance between the particle, and G is a
fundamental physical constant known as the
Universal Gravitational Constant.
• The value of the Universal Gravitational
Constant is
 G= 6.674 × 10−11 N𝑚2 /𝑘𝑔2

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Figure 1: Force of gravitation experienced by each mass due to the other
mass has equal magnitude and opposite directions

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• Example 1. Two masses, 1 kg and 0.5 kg, respectively are 1 m
apart. Calculate the force of attraction between the two
masses. What are the accelerations of the two masses?

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 𝐺𝑚1 𝑚1
• Use eqn1 𝐹𝑔 = to calculate the magnitude of Fg
𝑟2

−11 N𝑚2
6.674×10 (0.5𝑘𝑔)(1𝑘𝑔)

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𝑘 2
𝑔
• 𝐹𝑔 =
1𝑚2

•
=

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