Earth's acceleration due to gravity

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Start date Feb 20, 2013
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Acceleration Gravity

Feb 20, 2013

coolzero

Homework Statement

What is the acceleration due to gravity at a distance of 2 Earth radii above Earth's surface?

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I'm lost with this question, can someone help. THanks

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Feb 20, 2013

SteamKing

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Ever heard of this Newton fellow? He had some kind of formula for this a while back.

Feb 20, 2013

HomogenousCow

This has to be one of the most straightforward questions ever asked around here.

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