GRAVITATION
Fast Track Revision
1. Gravitation and Universal Law of Gravitation
● Every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force directly
proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the
square of the distance between them.
● Formula:
Where:
𝐹: Gravitational force
𝐺: Gravitational constant (6.673×10-11 N m²/kg²)
𝑀,𝑚: Masses of two objects
𝑑: Distance between the centers of the two objects
2. Importance of the Universal Law of Gravitation
● Explains:
● The force binding us to the Earth.
● Motion of the Moon around Earth and planets around the Sun.
● Tides due to the Moon and Sun.
3. Free Fall