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- According to General Relativity, a mass distorts space and time around it. This distortion affects the movement of other objects - i.e., there is a gravitational force.
- Another explanation - not necessarily contradictory to the first - is that a force of gravity is transmitted via hypothetical particles called gravitons. These particles have not been directly observed yet. This would be similar to the electric and magnetic forces being transmitted via photons.
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The mass of an object in a gravitional field is called?
The mass of an object in a gravitational field is called the object's "mass".The presence or absence of a gravitational field has no effect on the mass.
What two variables does gravitational energy depend on?
Gravitational energy depends on the masses involved and their distances. For a small (relative to planet-sized masses) mass in a gravitational field, the gravitational potential energy is equal to mgh, where m is the mass of the small mass, g is the gravitational acceleration in the gravitational field, and h is the height of the small mass above the reference surface. This is exactly analogous to the above situation except that the distance has been changed to height above a reference surface in the large (planetary) mass' gravitational field.
What is difference between gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential?
A body A of mass m is placed in the gravitational field of a body B of mass M. The gravitational potential of body B at a point in the field is the work done is bringing unit mass from infinity to that point and is independent of body A. On the other hand, the gravitational potential energy of body A is the energy possessed by it due to its position in the field. In fact, Gravitational potential energy = mass of body(A) x gravitational potential
What is ratio of inertia of mass to given mass is?
This is called the Equivalence Principle. There are many formulas to go with it. But it is basically this: A little reflection will show that the law of the equality of the inertial and gravitational mass is equivalent to the assertion that the acceleration imparted to a body by a gravitational field is independent of the nature of the body. For Newton's equation of motion in a gravitational field, written out in full, it is: (Inertial mass) (Acceleration) = (Intensity of the gravitational field) (Gravitational mass). It is only when there is numerical equality between the inertial and gravitational mass that the acceleration is independent of the nature of the body. -Albert Einstein
What is the concept that additionally depends on location in a gravitational field?
mass
The mass of an object in a gravitional field is called?
The mass of an object in a gravitational field is called the object's "mass".The presence or absence of a gravitational field has no effect on the mass.
Does the pull of gravity make things have mass?
No, instead all mass exerts a gravitational field. The larger and denser the mass, the greater the gravitational field that surrounds it. Rocks and shrubs are small and exert only a very tiny gravitational field. The gravitational fields of mountains and massive basalt rock formations are large enough for us to detect and measure. Moons and planets, of course, exert sufficient gravitational pull we can easily see and feel the effect.
A gravitational force can be described as what?
A force of attraction between two separated masses. A single mass also has a scalar gravitational potential field around it.
What does weight take into account witch mass does not?
Weight takes into account the gravitational field strength whereas mass is independent of the gravitational field strength.
What two variables does gravitational energy depend on?
Gravitational energy depends on the masses involved and their distances. For a small (relative to planet-sized masses) mass in a gravitational field, the gravitational potential energy is equal to mgh, where m is the mass of the small mass, g is the gravitational acceleration in the gravitational field, and h is the height of the small mass above the reference surface. This is exactly analogous to the above situation except that the distance has been changed to height above a reference surface in the large (planetary) mass' gravitational field.
What is difference between gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential?
A body A of mass m is placed in the gravitational field of a body B of mass M. The gravitational potential of body B at a point in the field is the work done is bringing unit mass from infinity to that point and is independent of body A. On the other hand, the gravitational potential energy of body A is the energy possessed by it due to its position in the field. In fact, Gravitational potential energy = mass of body(A) x gravitational potential
What is ratio of inertia of mass to given mass is?
This is called the Equivalence Principle. There are many formulas to go with it. But it is basically this: A little reflection will show that the law of the equality of the inertial and gravitational mass is equivalent to the assertion that the acceleration imparted to a body by a gravitational field is independent of the nature of the body. For Newton's equation of motion in a gravitational field, written out in full, it is: (Inertial mass) (Acceleration) = (Intensity of the gravitational field) (Gravitational mass). It is only when there is numerical equality between the inertial and gravitational mass that the acceleration is independent of the nature of the body. -Albert Einstein
What is mass responsible for?
Mass is the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field.
Do all planets have the same gravitational field strength as earth?
no No the greater the mass of any object the greater the gravitational field. Everything down to the finest speck of dust has a gravitational field.
What is similar between inertial mass and gravitational mass?
Inertial mass is a quantitative measure of an object's resistance to the change of its speed. Gravitational mass is the property of the mass of an object that produces a gravitational field in the space surrounding the object.
How weight is the force created when a mass is acted upon by a gravitational field?
Weight is defined as the force that an object of mass M experiences in a gravitational field. Where mass comes from and why it is the quantity which interacts via the gravitational force is a more fundamental and unanswered question in physics.
Is Earth's gravitational field the same as its electromagnetic field?
No. Earth's gravitational field is due to the large mass within it; the electromagnetic field is due to the movement of the metals in its core. There are also the standard differences between a gravitational and an EM field.
