Gravitation · Class 9 · CBSE Science
State the Universal Law of Gravitation in words.
Practice question from Gravitation (Class 9 · CBSE Science), with the correct answer and a step-by-step solution.
easy · Subjective · Q-12585C
State the Universal Law of Gravitation in words.
Answer: Every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers. The direction of the force is along the line joining the centers of the two objects.
Solution
The universal law of gravitation states that , where is the universal gravitational constant.
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