Gravity
Gravity or gravitation is a natural phenomenon by which all things attract one another including stars, planets, galaxies and even light and sub-atomic particles. Gravity is responsible for the formation of the universe (e.g. creating spheres of hydrogen, igniting them under pressure to form stars and grouping them in to galaxies) and a cause of time dilation (time lapses more slowly in strong gravitation).
On Earth, gravity gives weight to physical objects and causes the tides. Gravity has an infinite range, and it cannot be absorbed, transformed, or shielded against.
vCalc's Gravity folder contains equations and constants that relate to gravity.
Parent Categories
Gravity Calculators and Collections
- 3.0 And Then There's Gravity Collection MichaelBartmess
- Free Fall Calculator KurtHeckman
- Gravity Collection KurtHeckman
- LM 10.2 Newton's law of gravity Collection vCollections
- LM 10.3 Apparent weightlessness Collection vCollections
- LM 10.4 Vector addition of gravitational forces Collection vCollections
- LM 10.5 Weighing the earth Collection vCollections
- LM 10.6 Dark energy Collection vCollections
- LM 10.7 A gravitational test of Newton's first law Collection vCollections
- LM 10.8 Summary Collection vCollections
- LM 10_0 Gravity Collection vCollections
- LM 10_1 Kepler's laws Collection vCollections
- LM 11.6 Summary Collection vCollections
- LM 12.2 Potential energy: energy of distance or closeness Collec vCollections
- LM 13.4 Applications of calculus Collection vCollections
- LM 13.5 Work and potential energy Collection vCollections
- LM 14.2 Collisions in one dimension Collection vCollections
- LM 21.1 The quest for the atomic force Collection vCollections
- LM 22.2 The gravitational field Collection vCollections
- LM 22.4 Calculating energy in fields Collection vCollections
- LM 22.9 Summary Collection vCollections
- LM 24.2 Calculating magnetic fields and forces Collection vCollections
- LM 24.6 Symmetry and handedness Collection vCollections
- LM 26.7 Two tests of Newton's third law Collection vCollections
- LM 27.0 General relativity Collection vCollections
- LM 27.2 The equivalence principle Collection vCollections
- LM 27.3 Black holes Collection vCollections
- LM 3_1 The motion of falling objects Collection vCollections
- LM 3_2 Acceleration Collection vCollections
- LM 4_3 Newton's Second Law Collection vCollections
- LM 5_2 Classification and behavior of forces Collection vCollections
- LM 6_1 Forces have no perpendicular effects Collection vCollections
- LM 6_2 Coordinates and components Collection vCollections
- LM 8_3 The force vector and simple machines Collection vCollections
Gravity Equations
- Absolute Pressure Billy Use Equation
- Acceleration Due to Gravity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Angular Frequency of Physical Pendulum MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Apparent Weight at the Equator MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Ballistic Flight Vertical Velocity MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Ballistic Range KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Broad Crested Weir EmilyB Use Equation
- Bullet Flight Range KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Buoyancy Force Anastase Use Equation
- Duration of Free Fall KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Escape Velocity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Escape Velocity (Using Density) Billy Use Equation
- Flood Water Volume KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Force of Friction (incline) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Force of Gravity MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Force of Gravity on Satellite MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Free Fall (Energy on Impact) KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Free Fall (Velocity at Impact) KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Gravitational Force Inside The Earth MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Gravitational Potential Energy for an Extended Body Billy Use Equation
- Gravity MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Gravity Acceleration by Altitude KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Gravity Radius KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Height to Achieve Potential Energy KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Hill Sphere Radius KurtHeckman Use Equation
- International Gravity Formula KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Konecny Space Station ChuckA Use Equation
- Konecny Station Parameters ChuckA Use Equation
- Lagrange Points L1 and L2 KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Mass of the Earth As Told By A Pig MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Object Height by time to drop KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Orbital Force Magnitude KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Pendulum Angular Frequency MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Pendulum Frequency MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Pendulum Length KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Pendulum Period MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Period of Pendulum Billy Use Equation
- Polar Equation of a Conic Section MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Potential Energy KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Potential Energy - Point Mass Inside Spherical Shell MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Potential Energy - Point Mass Outside Spherical Shell MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Potential Energy due to Gravitational Attraction MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Potential Energy of Gravity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Potential Energy of Water KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Restoring Force on Pendulum Billy Use Equation
- Restoring Torque on Physical Pendulum Billy Use Equation
- Ring Circumference on Sphere MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Rock Climbing Fall Impact Force MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Schwarzschild Radius MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Solar System G forces KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Specific Mechanical Energy (1) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Specific Mechanical Energy (2) MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Tension (mass hanging from a rope) vCollections Use Equation
- Terminal Velocity KurtHeckman Use Equation
- time - f(delta v, friction, gravity) vCollections Use Equation
- Time to Velocity MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Upward Acceleration from Thrust or Lift KurtHeckman Use Equation
- Velocity of a Satellite MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Velocity with Drag MichaelBartmess Use Equation
- Weight of Body Above Earth's Surface Billy Use Equation
- Weight on Moon eng Use Equation
- Work of Gravity vCollections Use Equation
- Work of Gravity Billy Use Equation
- R=(2v2g)sin(θ)cos(θ) KurtHeckman Use Equation
Gravity Data Items
- (g) Acceleration Due to Gravity KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Acceleration Due to Gravity (Earth) KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Acceleration due to Gravity on Neptune KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- acceleration of projectile motion (Earth) MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Earth Gravitational Constant (μ) : m3/sec2 MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Einstein's Constant eng Use Data Item
- g (acceleration due to gravity at sea level - English) KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- g (acceleration due to gravity at sea level - SI no units) Bartmess Use Data Item
- g (acceleration due to gravity at sea level - US units) MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- g (acceleration due to gravity at sea level) MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- G (Gravitational Constant) DavidC Use Data Item
- G (Gravitational Constant) - metric MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- G (Gravitational Constant) : metric MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- G /(hbar*c) (Gravitational Constant) : (GeVc2)2 MichaelBartmess Use Data Item
- Gravitational Acceleration - Moon eng Use Data Item
- Gravity of Earth KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Jupiter KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Mars KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Mercury KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Pluto KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Saturn KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of the Moon KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of the Sun KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Uranus KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Venus KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- Gravity of Vesta KurtHeckman Use Data Item
- J2 eng Use Data Item
- J2 (computed) eng Use Data Item
- 9.8ms2 KurtHeckman Use Data Item
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