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Grade 6Modern Physics

what is the acceleration due to gravity at at equator,center and poles?why?

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12 Years agoGrade 6
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12 Years ago
At centre it is 0 and at poles it is max 9.81m/sec2 mandate equator it i 9.7 m /s^2

because we know g = GM /,R^2

At equater and Poles radius is different since our earth is not Sphere its elliptical

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Nirmal Singh
Askiitians Faculty