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G and g. In the late 1600s, Isaac Newton proposed a rule to quantify the attractive force known as gravity between objects that have mass, such as those shown in the figure. (Figure 1) Newton's law of universal gravitation describes the magnitude of the attractive gravitational force Fg between two objects with masses m1 and m2 as Fg=G(m1m2/r^2), where r is the distance between the centers of the two objects and G is the gravitational constant. The gravitational force is attractive, so in the figure it pulls to the right on m1 (toward m2) and toward the left on m2 (toward m1). The gravitational force acting on m1 is equal in magnitude to, but exactly opposite in direction from, the gravitational force acting on m2, as required by Newton's third law. The magnitude of both forces is calculated with the equation given above. The gravitational constant G has the value G=6.67×10^−11 N⋅m^2/kg^2 and should not be confused with the magnitude of the gravitational free-fall acceleration constant, denoted by g, which equals 9.80 m/s^2 near the surface of the earth. The magnitude of G in SI units is tiny. This means that gravitational forces are sizeable only in the vicinity of very massive objects, such as the earth. You are in fact gravitationally attracted toward all the objects around you, such as the computer you are using, but the magnitude of that force is too small to be noticed without extremely sensitive equipment. What is the magnitude of the gravitational force acting on the earth due to the sun?

G and g. In the late 1600s, Isaac Newton proposed a rule to quantify the attractive force known as gravity between objects that have mass, such as those shown in the figure. (Figure 1) Newton's law of universal gravitation describes the magnitude of the attractive gravitational force Fg between two objects with masses m1 and m2 as Fg=G(m1m2/r^2), where r is the distance between the centers of the two objects and G is the gravitational constant. The gravitational force is attractive, so in the figure it pulls to the right on m1 (toward m2) and toward the left on m2 (toward m1). The gravitational force acting on m1 is equal in magnitude to, but exactly opposite in direction from, the gravitational force acting on m2, as required by Newton's third law. The magnitude of both forces is calculated with the equation given above. The gravitational constant G has the value G=6.67×10^−11 N⋅m^2/kg^2 and should not be confused with the magnitude of the gravitational free-fall acceleration constant, denoted by g, which equals 9.80 m/s^2 near the surface of the earth. The magnitude of G in SI units is tiny. This means that gravitational forces are sizeable only in the vicinity of very massive objects, such as the earth. You are in fact gravitationally attracted toward all the objects around you, such as the computer you are using, but the magnitude of that force is too small to be noticed without extremely sensitive equipment.

What is the magnitude of the gravitational force acting on the earth due to the sun?

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