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What can you say about newton's law of universal gravitation?

according to newton's law of universal gravitation: "everybody in universe attract every other body with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to square of the distance b/w their center.


What does gravitational potentail energy mean?

Technically gravity is always working so it cannot be potential, I would say that if anything it is kinetic. The influence that gravity has on everything gives that object potential energy.


What is the difference between gravity and anti gravity?

gravity is something that holds you down, anti-gravity is when you have no weight. Or to say it another way -- Gravity is real it exists in this universe. anti-gravity is fictitious it only exists in the imagination. Edit: Gravity is the universal attraction between massive objects. As postulated by Einstein it is a positive warpage of space-time by energy densities (recall mass / energy equivalency). Anti-gravity would be just the opposite; a negative warpage of space-time brought on by an energy density less than zero. This negative "mass" would appear to be repulsive to ordinary bodies.


What did Einstein say about gravity and how did he change the way physicists looked at gravity?

Einstein said gravity acted by curving space in response to matter.


Is gravity a law?

It is law, definitely not theory I would say it is a Theory. We don't know the exact effects of gravity everywhere and how it effects everything.We only have a loose general idea on how gravity works, and interacts with the universe and our surroundings.Laws should not only be testable, but they should be constant, and have great scientific explanation and understanding.If I drop a leaf from a certain distance based on many factors it may or may not hit the floor at the same time. That's cause of the air currents.Or if I have magnetics repelling something upwards, it would defy gravity.If you were on the moon or another planet, the way how gravity affects you would be different.So the idea that gravity is a constant can be under scrutiny, because the tests can have different but similar results.Due to our lack of understanding on what the rate of gravity would be like if we were on Jupiter, Mars, the Moon. We cannot calculate the exact speed of gravity for every body of mass.So far now we have a unifying theory. That is a good general idea on how gravity works, but we do not have the knowledge or ability to calculate all the exact details on how it works.When we can determine the rate of gravitation for each atom or particle, that's when we can call it a law.

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What is the universal force that causes planets to form into that shape?

That would be the gravitic force, or you could say 'the force of gravity'.


What can you say about newton's law of universal gravitation?

according to newton's law of universal gravitation: "everybody in universe attract every other body with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to square of the distance b/w their center.


What is universal about Newton's law of universal gravitation?

Newton's law of universal gravitation is about the universality of gravity. He discovered that gravitation is universal. All objects attract each other with a force of gravitational attraction. Gravity is universal. This force of gravitational attraction is directly dependent upon the masses of both objects and inversely proportional to the square of the distance that separates their centers.


What does the law of definite propotions say?

Samples of a specific compound have the same composition (by mass) always.Now this law is considered without an universal application in chemistry.


Why do you think the outcomes of scientific investigations related to universal laws wold be similar regardless of what part of the world they might be conducted?

A universal law is one that holds true throughout the entire Universe. If the fact holds true no matter where in the Universe you care to examine then it does not matter where you are as regards discovering that law and the truth which underpins it. If two people each seek the same universal law and they do so in a scientific manner then it is likely that they will find the same or similar results in their experiments, as they are testing the exact same thing and the "thing" does not vary; it stays the same (that is to say the law stays the same) no matter where it is. An example would be gravity. The law of gravity applies throughout the entire Universe (as far as we know). You could be on opposite sides of the Earth, or indeed opposite sides of the Universe, but the force of gravity would still obey the same fundamental rules and any experiments to uncover the law(s) would yield the same results (or similar - allowing for inaccuracy in the tests).


Does the Universal Law of Gravitation say that any two objects in the universe will exert a gravitational force on each other?

They fall at the same speed even if the mass is different that is upon a vaccum mass wont matter velocities would be equal as gravity acts uniform to al objects.


How do you say universal in Japanese?

Uchuu is one of the terms, but I think it is less specific and can also mean galaxy. there are multiple words for universe.


What does the law mean when they say ROR?

released on own recognizance


What do girls mean when they say that's not fair?

it's sorta like a universal saying when a girl doesn't get what she wants.


How do you say 'universal health insurance' in spanish?

Seguro médico universal


Does Newton's third law say that an object in motion slowed down by gravity?

Newton's third law states: The mutual forces of action and reaction between two bodies are equal, opposite and collinear. in other words, gravity is an effect of 2 bodies acting on each other equally


What does gravitational potentail energy mean?

Technically gravity is always working so it cannot be potential, I would say that if anything it is kinetic. The influence that gravity has on everything gives that object potential energy.