Question

How does the acceleration due to gravity vary from place to place on the surface of the earth?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Variation of g due to Shape of Earth

Since for a source mass, the acceleration due to gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the radius of the earth, it varies with latitude due to the shape of the earth. ... So if a person moves from the equator to poles his weight decreases as the value of g decreases.

Answer 2

Answer:

Here is your answer.

Explanation:

As the earth is an oblate spheroid, its radius near the equator is more than its radius near poles. Since for a source mass, the acceleration due to gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the radius of the earth, it varies with latitude due to the shape of the earth.

Formula: g = GM/r2

Dimensional Formula: M0L1T-2

Values of g in SI: 9.806 ms-2

Values of g in CGS: 980 cm s-2.

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