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(This should not be confused with g=9.8m/s/s)

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation describes the gravitational force between two objects (like the sun and the Earth or the Earth and a satellite or the Earth and its moon)

gravitational force G = 6.67 × 10-11m3 kg-1 s-2 used in the formula, F = G (M1 * M2)

R2

where F is the gravitational force between two masses,

G is the gravitational constant in N,

m1 is the mass of the first object in kg,

m2 is the mass of the second object in kg,

R is distance apart

In some books, it is written as Cavendish experiment.

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