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Does gravity affect you more when you get higher in the air?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:09 am
by deleted-759907
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am doing some studying and would like to know if the higher you get in the air does gravity pull on you more?
Re: Does gravity affect you more when you get higher in the air?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:01 pm
by pharrast
https://www.vcalc.com/wiki/KurtHeckman/ ... y+Altitude
This might help explain the relationship between distance from sea level and weight (which is a measure of acceleration due to gravity).
Re: Does gravity affect you more when you get higher in the air?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:09 am
by deleted-727087
Hi packie1105,
There is a formula stating the gravitational force between two objects. The formula is F=G(m1*m2)/r^2, where G is a gravitational constant (6.67*10^-11), m1 and m2 are two masses, and r is the distance between the two masses. Supposing one mass is you, and the other is the earth, the farther you get away from the earth, the larger the r value becomes. Since this value is in the denominator, the overall force that gravity pulls on you is decreased.
Hope this helps!