Gravitaional And Electric Fields Flashcards

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Newton’s law of universal gravitation

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Every particle with mass in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centres

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Weight

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The gravitational force the earth exerts on any object on or near its surface

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Gravitational field

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The force acting per unit mass

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