The gravitational constant is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of gravitational effects in Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal...

The Gaussian gravitational constant (symbol k) is a parameter used in the orbital mechanics of the Solar System. It relates the orbital period to the orbit's...

The standard gravitational parameter μ of a celestial body is the product of the gravitational constant G and the mass M of that body. For two bodies,...

the stress–energy tensor, Λ is the cosmological constant and κ is the Einstein gravitational constant. The Einstein tensor is defined as G μ ν = R μ ν...

the centers of their masses, and G is the gravitational constant. The first test of Newton's law of gravitation between masses in the laboratory was the...

vacuum c, the gravitational constant G, the Planck constant h, the electric constant ε0, and the elementary charge e. Physical constants can take many...

physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight'), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction...

experiments. Gravitational time dilation is closely related to gravitational redshift, in which the closer a body emitting light of constant frequency is...

In physics, a gravitational field or gravitational acceleration field is a vector field used to explain the influences that a body extends into the space...

gravitational mass determines the strength of the gravitational field generated by an object. Passive gravitational mass measures the gravitational force...

gravitational binding energy of a system is the minimum energy which must be added to it in order for the system to cease being in a gravitationally bound...

universal constants that, by definition, have a numeric value 1 when expressed in these units are: c, the speed of light in vacuum, G, the gravitational constant...

observed gravitational acceleration at a location Gravity of Mars – Gravitational force exerted by the planet Mars Newton's law of universal gravitation – Classical...

Pioneers of gravitational theory In physics, theories of gravitation postulate mechanisms of interaction governing the movements of bodies with mass. There...

earth hypothesis. Paul Dirac suggested in 1938 that the universal gravitational constant had decreased during the billions of years of its existence. This...

the gravitational constant, which is the fundamental physical constant known with least accuracy, due to the relative weakness of the gravitational force...

large numbers hypothesis. However, Richard Feynman showed that the gravitational constant most likely could not have changed this much in the past 4 billion...

units, it can be calculated by dividing GM by G, where G is the gravitational constant. The majority of Jupiter's mass is hydrogen and helium. These two...

"physical constant" is thus subject to experimental verification. Paul Dirac in 1937 speculated that physical constants such as the gravitational constant or...

{\displaystyle c\;} is the speed of light, G {\displaystyle G\;} is the gravitational constant. "Geometric variables" are not used. Latin indices go from 1 to...

yield accurate values for the gravitational constant. Because of the unit conventions then in use, the gravitational constant does not appear explicitly...

surface integral for more details), g is the gravitational field, G is the universal gravitational constant, and M is the total mass enclosed within the...

conditions as calculated from the current gravitational and geometric circumstances of the body's constantly-changing, perturbed orbit. Mean motion is...

{GM}{x}},} where G is the gravitational constant, and F is the gravitational force. The product GM is the standard gravitational parameter and is often known...

force is called elastic potential energy; work of the gravitational force is called gravitational potential energy; work of the Coulomb force is called...

_{2}\right|^{3}}}~.\end{aligned}}} where   G   {\displaystyle \ G\ } is the gravitational constant. As astronomer Juhan Frank describes, "These three second-order...

equation of motion in a gravitational field, written out in full, is: inertial mass × acceleration = gravitational mass × gravitational acceleration Careful...

fundamental physics, including measurements of the gravitational constant, the fine-structure constant, and universality of free fall. Applied uses of atom...

of the gravitational source. It is a vector oriented toward the field source, of magnitude measured in acceleration units. The gravitational acceleration...

of the perihelion of Mercury, the bending of light in gravitational fields, and the gravitational redshift. The precession of Mercury was already known;...