The discussion revolves around calculating the acceleration due to Earth's gravity for a meteoroid at a specified distance above the Earth's surface, specifically at three times the Earth's radius. The subject area is gravitational physics.
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Denken said:as a rule of thumb the acceleration of gravity on Earth is 9.8m/s ... so unless they want you to do a lot of research i'd say that's it or 32ft/s
Gnosis said:Pardon brno17, but your answer is also incorrect.
The OP stated that a meter is falling from a distance above the Earth's surface of 3 Earth radii, which means a total of 4 Earth radii from the Earth's center of mass. That makes the acceleration by Earth's gravitational field per that distance (4 Earth radii)
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