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

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By Flipping Physics, 11/12/2017
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Understanding Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation. Including a dramatization of The Cavendish Experiment and force visualization via qualitative examples.

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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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