Gravitational constant
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G is the universal gravitational constant:
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It is used in Newton's formula for the gravitational force between two objects, which is:
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- where
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- are the masses of each object
- is the distance between the two objects.
g is the acceleration Earth's gravitational field exerts on objects at Earth's surface: