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Video Discussion: Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation Introduction (The Big G Equation)

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Name: Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation Introduction (The Big G Equation)
Category: Circular Motion & Gravity
Date Added: 2017-11-20
Submitter: Flipping Physics

Understanding Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation. Including a dramatization of The Cavendish Experiment and force visualization via qualitative examples.

Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic.

Content Times:
0:11 Reviewing the standard Force of Gravity or Weight equation
0:56 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation
1:48 Defining r
2:47 The Cavendish Experiment
3:52 Visualizing qualitative examples
5:59 When to use the two Force of Gravity equations

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Thank you to Bronson Hoover of dnbstudios for letting me use his original composition Bèke as Henry Cavendish’s background music.

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