Gravity Definition and 1000 Threads

Homework Statement A complex or irregular body with some mass, m. How to determine the 3 co-ordinates of centre of gravity? Homework Equations Moment method with ∑M = 0. The Attempt at a Solution Say I have a gearbox and I need to find the COG. I can mount the gearbox at two longitudinal...

Dumb question probably -- But is there a way to measure gravity in a particular area of space, or a "measurement" .. I.E. the gravity 10 miles above Earth v.s 1000 miles above. Not force on another object, but some "unit" or measure of gravity itself.

Reading a thread in relativity I would like to know more precisely about radiation from charge. 1 I put a charge on the table of my house. Gravity and table reaction force work on the charge. They cancel so net force does not work on the charge, thus no-force no-velocity cause no radiation...

Alright, so this has been bothering me for awhile, and the more I think about it, the more it bugs me. I'm almost guaranteed wrong about what I'm going to say here, but I'm not sure why I'm wrong, so hopefully someone here can explain my wrongness to me. Unfortunately, this is going to take...

Sabine Hossenfelder recently wrote about an old theory of quantum gravity due to Weinberg: asymptotically safe quantum gravity. Is anyone familiar with this idea? What I couldn't figure out from the article is whether asymptotic safety is an approach to making consistent quantum field theories...

I n ordinary weighing scale, in left pan, there is spiral shaped coil (like that mosquito coil) or any long shaped rod. Middle point of this coil is touching the left pan. Let mass of this coil be W1. Second body of mass W2 is attached to other end of this coil. So the left pan is experiencing...

When humanity unified electricity and magnetism, that ushered in a massive technological evolution for our species, perhaps only equalled by the advent of QM and modern electronics. Is it even possible to imagine the consequences of unifying Gravity with EM? Is it possible that we will...

Homework Statement If you have an object say in a vertical pipe, which only has a gravitational force acting on it would the reaction forces only be friction forces? If this is the case how would you calculate the forces? would you calculate the friction force using the friction coefficient or...

For many, many years (don't ask), I've been running into the classic example of the local reference frame: the man in the box who can't tell if he's floating free in space, or falling into a gravity well. It occurs to me that if one is in a falling box, a mass released at the top of the box...

Hi. I am currently working on an assessed science experiment write-up. The experiment is about whether or not if mass of a pendulum bob affect the oscillation time for a simple pendulum. Obviously, the answer is no but I am struggling to write a concise and accurate explanation to why this is. I...

When we do the stretched rubbers he etc analogy of gravitational well, there are two differences 1) the ball moves into depression because of gravity of the earth. 2) stretched rubbersheet is physical and prevents ball from falling down while space would allow you to move anywhere as space...

What is the relationship of gravity to density? In black holes the cause of gravity is that the star shrinks and becomes dense. But Jupiter's gravity is more than the Earth's gravity, although its density is lower? Is the sun's gravity more than the Earth's gravity, even though the intensity of...

Homework Statement If the height of a frictionless incline is h. Determine the work done by the force due to gravity F as the crate of the mass m slides down the incline Homework Equations W=Fd cos (theta ) Force due to gravity perpendicular to incline= mg cos(theta) The Attempt at a...

In most cases, we know why things happen. Protons can stick with each other because of the strong nuclear force. There's all kinds of forces and we know mostly about why they occur and how they are transmitted. But I don't understand gravity. Why do objects with mass attract each other ? I know...

I am trying to work out the velocity of the ball in a loop in terms of theta from the horizontal (like a unit circle) as it loses contact with the track. And having a lot of trouble understanding this equation m*g*sin(theta) = m*v2/r and this explanation: The ball will leave the rail when...

Hello, I'm reviewing kinematics for an upcoming AP physics exam, but I seem to have forgotten a crucial fact. In typical rocket problems (when the rocket blasts off with an initial acceleration for example 5 m/s^2), why don't we subtract 9.8 from 5m/s^2 when using a value for acceleration? When...

I have only seen scenarios so far where the elements are all along the diagonal, but what are some known cases where there are off-diagonal elements? Thank you.

Hello, I'm new at the forum. I'm a science-fiction writer. My question then concerns an imaginary, fictional situation. I'll try to be brief but it's not easy to explain: Let's imagine that a character who lives on Earth is strongly attracted by the gravitational force of some other celestial...

Homework Statement We have the equation for gravity due to the acceleration a = -GM/r2, calculate velocity and position dependent on time and show that v/x = √2GM/r03⋅(r/r0-1) Homework Equations x(t = 0) = x0 and v(t = 0) = 0 The Attempt at a Solution v = -GM∫1/r2 dt v = dr/dt v2 = -GM∫1/r2...

If what we perceive as the force of gravity is really just the effect of curvature of spacetime, why do theorists hypothesize the graviton as the force carrier for gravity? I thought that GR does away with the notion that gravity is a "force." So, is gravity a force or is it merely an effect?

Greg Bernhardt submitted a new PF Insights post Either the Sun Is Getting Smaller or Gravity Is Getting Weaker Continue reading the Original PF Insights Post.

would a gravity well resemble a angle food cake pan well traveling through a sphere? being you start outside the well. travel inward towards the core then outwards to the edge of the well again. wouldn't this also mean gravity wells would be replaced with pressure wells at the core?

Having seen plenty of 'vacuum in a tube' tests on youtube I am wondering how a human can work in such an environment. I'm trying to understand how a space suit can be tested before it is used 'live' in space, and how seemingly 'everyday' materials are used to protect astronauts from the harsh...

Choose any distance in the universe, a million light years. This distance creates around us a sphere that divides the universe into three parts. Universe outside the sphere, universe within the sphere and universe on the surface of the sphere. We are going to determine the gravity of the...

I know that rotation can cause there to be artificial gravity. But I was thinking of making a floor plan that is all horizontal with the generation ship having a rocket shape and with it being longer than it is wide and wider than it is tall. So I was thinking of giant centrifuges on every...

I am trying to explain to someone why there is still gravitational time dilation at the centre of the Earth. (Not to over-tax the rubber sheet analogy, but...) When we sketch a gravity well, we show a curve that starts out nearly flat, then curves away from the flat plane, until it reaches the...

This question came up at another forum. The delta-v of potential guns is limited to the range 3 km/s to 11 km/s (hydrogen gun). Assume the astronaut is either on the moon or orbiting the moon. I'm wondering if a single impulse followed by gravity assists (and ideal planet alignment) could result...

Homework Statement The Russian Mir space station had a mass of 130 tonnes and orbited Earth at an altitude of 480km with an orbital speed of 7621.4m/s. The diameter of Earth is 12 760 km. a) What centripetal force was acting on it? b) Find the value of the acceleration due to...

Hy folks, Upfront I want to apologize for my writing and my dissability to use correct symbols to ease readability of the example. Ok now that that's done I just want to start upfront. If we set a usual example of an object falling from a tower with a height of x meters and assume that the...

Homework Statement Homework Equations K = (1/2)mv2 U = mgh W=Fd Integration/Calculus The Attempt at a Solution I'm not sure what I should be doing for this question, if height changes how is it possible that velocity stays the same, according to the conservation of energy (frictionless wire)...

Would the beam of a powerful laser have any gravitational tug?

Gravity is weak - while we can study the other interactions with individual particles, for gravity we need macroscopic objects to get measurable forces. This makes it easy to measure quantum effects for the other interactions, but hard to do so with gravity. Gravitational forces are always...

I am currently solving a problem where I need to find the gravity in the ISS (distance 400km from Earth with Radius 6371km). I am using the formula g=GM/R^2 . One way to solve it would be to find GM by multiplying g(which is 9.81) and R^2 (which is known) and then to use it in GM/(R+400)^2 and...

Homework Statement What is the tension of this rope? Cosmonaut m=100kg is outside of spaceship M=5 tons on rope with length 64m. Cosmonaut along with his spaceship moves in orbit at a neglible distance. m=100kg M=5000kg L=64m Planet's mass 6*10^24 Planet's radius 6400km Homework Equations...

Homework Statement When considering a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, its speed is zero across (relative to) Earth's surface. From Kepler's third Law: T2=(4π2r3)/(GM), we can derive that v2=GM/r This would tell us that as the radius of a satellite to Earth's centre increases, its velocity...

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What is the difference between the gravitational force and gravity? Because I was under the impression that gravity is not a force, but one of the 4 fundamental forces of nature is the gravitational force, so I was wondering what the difference between the two is?

1Problem: Two equal satellite, A and B, of a planet of mass M, describe circular trajectories where the radious are 0,5r and r. We can afirm that: A- The intensity of gravitical force acting on B is half of the gravitical force acting on A; B- The value of centripetal aceleration of A is one...

I seem to be missing something very basic to the relationship between gravity and mass. If gravity is equivalent to acceleration, what is the basis for the acceleration that generates the gravitational force of an object such as the earth? What is accelerating? Am I even thinking about this in...

According to various sources, the Moon is separating from Earth 4 cm every year. I’ve searched for the explanation and I’ve found the following: The friction the seas and oceans from the Earth make with it’s soil causes the Earth’s rotation to slow down. This causes the Moon to speed up...

1. Problem Statement An astronaut is playing with a ping pong paddle and ball in zero gravity. The astronaut is 12m from a flat wall and floating toward it at 4m/s . A ping pong ball bounces back and forth between his paddle and the wall at 11m/s. Eventually, the astronaut reaches the wall and...

Homework Statement The reason why the heavy stone and light stone fall equally because of the ration of force to mass is same. can you explain it please what is ratio of force to mass is same?. Homework Equations F=ma and F=Gm1m2/r² The Attempt at a Solution As their acceleration is same...

I am no smart person like the rest of you, but I find it fascinating about how physics works. I am deeply motivated to know about how we would solve this problem about gravity and space flight. Would a particle accelerator be used to help solve this problem or am I way off base?

Yesterday I post a thread, this post is continue of that one. In pic 1 lift is accelerating. A observe inside the lift would assume that he is on planet. if he is on planet time slow on ground and fast in sky. Pic2 shows gravitational field, that have high magnitude in bottom, low at...

If the Earth gains 250 tons of weight everyday, over the course of hundreds of years wouldn't this alter the weight of a gram?

Hi everyone! I'm here for a little conveyance towards a question that is disturbing me for days. Just suppose, you and I design a hydroelectric generator that provokes energy from the downflow of precipitating rain. These falling drops of rain surely have originated from the vapours of the...

Hello All, I recently purchased a book on relativity called "Gravity in a Nutshell" by Zee. While it is interesting I find his conversational style to be too chatty. I prefer a little more of a "get to the point" conversational style. I'm going to be modeling the evolution of the...

Homework Statement 1. Do research to find out what artificial gravity is and how it is related to centripetal motion. Explain how artificial gravity could be created in a weightless environment and give a reason why we would want to do this.Homework Equations None. The Attempt at a Solution...

I'm embarrassed to admit that I am bit confused with concept of gravity. Here is practical example: When I stand on surface of the Earth majority, actually all mass is bellow me and gravity pulls me down. Let's imagine now that I am standing on the Earths iron core, majority of mass is above me...