Equation Form of Newton's Law of Gravitation

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**Figure 3:** Gravitational force on m due to M
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$\begin{displaymath}\vec{F}_{grav} = -\frac{GMm}{r^2}\hat{r}\end{displaymath}$

(2)

$\begin{displaymath}G= 6.67\times 10^{-11} {Nm^2/kg^2}\end{displaymath}$

(3)

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2001-01-05