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Video Discussion: Deriving the Acceleration due to Gravity on any Planet and specifically Mt. Everest

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Name: Deriving the Acceleration due to Gravity on any Planet and specifically Mt. Everest
Category: Circular Motion & Gravity
Date Added: 2017-12-11
Submitter: Flipping Physics

Derive the acceleration due to gravity on any planet. Find the acceleration due to gravity on Mt. Everest. And determine how much higher you could jump on the top of Mt. Everest!
Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic.

Content Times:
0:08 Deriving the acceleration due to gravity on any planet
1:54 Finding the acceleration due to gravity on Mt. Everest
3:16 How much higher could you jump on the top of Mt. Everest?

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