The acceleration due to gravity is not a constant across the face of the earth, as is astutely suggested from the nature of the question. The acceleration due to gravity on earth is given by g , and it is about 9.789 m/sec2 at the equator and about 9.823 m/sec2 at the poles. The observer might conclude with a bit of thought that the effect of gravity at the poles is a bit higher because of the shape of the earth, which is sometimes termed an oblate spheroid by astrophysicists. The earth is flattened up top and down bottom, and is a bit "fatter" in the middle. That means that a body on the equator is farther from the effective center of pull of gravity of earth. It will weigh less on the equator. And more on the poles where gravity is higher. At 49 degrees north latitude, the value of g is some 9.8707 m/sec2 there. Note that the general value often given for g is some 9.8 m/sec2, and it is applied for much work in "regular" mechanics.
It varies depending on your latitude with the equator having a slightly higher acc. due to gravity than the north/south pole . 9.8 m/s^2 is the average for the earth
The acceleration of gravity (9.80 meters per second squared) does vary a bit with latitude because of the effects of centripetal acceleration as well as differences in the Earth's polar and equatorial diameters.1 But the variance isn't noticeable until the third significant figure. The acceleration due to gravity will be somewhat less in Dublin than at the equator because Dublin's latitude is 53 degrees, 20 minutes North Latitude, closer to the pole than the equator. To calculate a more precise value (more precise than just 9.80 m/s2) would require you to know the radius of the Earth at your location, since g = GMe/Re, where G is the universal gravitation constant, Me is the mass of the Earth, and Re is the radius of the Earth. From that you would substract the centripetal acceleration, which can also be calculated based upon your latitude. (Which is an answer to another question that hasn't been asked yet!) _________ 1. The Earth is not a perfect sphere. The equatorial diameter is greater than the polar diameter. Hence, g will be slightly greater at the poles than at the equator. And because the Earth rotates, the acceleration of gravity will be reduced by the centripetal acceleration, which is greatest at the equator. So, if oyu want to lose weight, move from Dublin to Ecuador.
65N and 18W refer to coordinates on Earth, specifically indicating a location at 65 degrees north latitude and 18 degrees west longitude. This location falls in the Atlantic Ocean, north of Ireland.
Longitude lines run north-south and measure east-west position on Earth, with the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees. Latitude lines run east-west and measure north-south position, with the Equator at 0 degrees. Coordinates are expressed as a combination of latitude and longitude values.
Acceleration due to gravity is negative when an object is moving up. Accl'n due to gravity is positive when an object is moving down (since gravity acts downwards on an object). ^Acceleration due to gravity is always negative, while the acceleration of the ball upward was positive due to what threw it, not gravity.
There are 90 degrees latitude from the equator (zero degrees latitude) to the North Pole.
90 degrees north latitude is the north pole. The equator is zero latitude.
90 degrees north latitude and the south pole is 90 degrees south latitude
The latitude of 60 degrees north is 60 degrees north of the equator. It is considered the Arctic Circle, a line of latitude at approximately 66.5 degrees north that marks the southernmost point where the sun does not set on the summer solstice.
"90 degrees north latitude" is the representation of the north pole.
The most northern latitude is 90 degrees north, at the north pole. The most southern latitude is 90 degrees south, at the south pole.
there is 90 degrees of north latitude.There are 90 degrees of latitude going north from the Equator
The northernmost latitude on earth is 90 degreesnorth, at the north Pole.(The southernmost latitude on earth is 90 degreessouth, at the south Pole.)
90 degrees north latitude is the north pole. 90 degrees south latitude is the south pole.
The latitude of the North Pole is 90 degrees north, and the latitude of the South Pole is 90 degrees south.
130 degrees north latitude does not exist because the maximum degree of latitude is 90, both north and south.
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