gravitational 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 inversel ro rtional to the uare of the distance between their centres.

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Gravitational field

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The force acting per unit mass. It is described as a region in space where a mass will experience a force.

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Coulomb’s law

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Two point charges in free space or air exert forces on each other. The force is directly proportional to the product -of the charges and inversely prerational to the square of the distance between the char es

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