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Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?
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RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?
August 1, 2015 at 5:45 am
(August 1, 2015 at 5:33 am)pool Wrote: I mean like,gravity is a force right?,then why wouldn't the mass be a factor that doesn't affect gravitational force on an object?

To my understanding force equals mass multiplied by acceleration,right?
(My goodness i feel so dumb)

Yes, F = ma.  But (in this case) it might help to think of 'force' as 'weight', not as the 'force' of gravitational attraction.

And yes, the gravitation constant is equal in magnitude for ALL masses (for Newtonian physics, at least.  I've no idea what happens at the quantum level).

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Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards?

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RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 1, 2015 at 5:13 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 2, 2015 at 9:02 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 3, 2015 at 1:46 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 4, 2015 at 7:45 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 1, 2015 at 5:45 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Cato - August 1, 2015 at 8:13 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by brewer - August 1, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 1, 2015 at 7:05 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Jenny A - August 4, 2015 at 8:09 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 5, 2015 at 4:14 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Jenny A - August 5, 2015 at 9:22 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 1, 2015 at 8:16 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 1, 2015 at 8:31 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Cato - August 1, 2015 at 8:34 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Pyrrho - August 1, 2015 at 12:24 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Brian37 - August 1, 2015 at 2:19 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Aoi Magi - August 1, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 2, 2015 at 4:11 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Aractus - August 2, 2015 at 8:24 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by bennyboy - August 2, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 2, 2015 at 10:01 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 2, 2015 at 11:39 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by LastPoet - August 2, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 3, 2015 at 3:15 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 3, 2015 at 4:46 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 7:57 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 3, 2015 at 2:23 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 7:18 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 4, 2015 at 7:25 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 8:04 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Longhorn - August 4, 2015 at 8:10 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Alex K - August 4, 2015 at 9:49 am
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 4, 2015 at 8:03 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by Pyrrho - August 4, 2015 at 9:59 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by IATIA - August 5, 2015 at 5:22 pm
RE: Is Gravity acting upwards or downwards? - by bennyboy - August 7, 2015 at 5:46 pm

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