What is Gravitational force?Explain in detail.
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Gravitation
is a natural phenomenon by which all objects with mass attract each
other, and is one of the fundamental forces of physics. In everyday
life, gravitation is most commonly thought of as the agency that gives
objects weight. It is responsible for keeping the Earth and the other
planets in their orbits around the Sun; for keeping the Moon in its
orbit around the Earth, for the formation of tides; for convection (by
which hot fluids rise); for heating the interiors of forming stars and
planets to very high temperatures; and for various other phenomena that
we observe. Gravitation is also the reason for the very existence of the
Earth, the Sun, and most macroscopic objects in the universe; without
it, matter would not have coalesced into these large masses and life, as
we know it, would not exist.
Modern physics describes gravitation using the general theory of relativity, but the much simpler Newton's law of universal gravitation provides an excellent approximation in most cases.
The terms gravitation and gravity are mostly interchangeable in everyday use, but in scientific usage a distinction may be made. "Gravitation" is a general term describing the attractive influence that all objects with mass exert on each other, while "gravity" specifically refers to a force that is supposed in some theories (such as Newton's) to be the cause of this attraction. By contrast, in general relativity gravitation is due to spacetime curvatures that cause inertially moving objects to accelerate towards each other.
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Modern physics describes gravitation using the general theory of relativity, but the much simpler Newton's law of universal gravitation provides an excellent approximation in most cases.
The terms gravitation and gravity are mostly interchangeable in everyday use, but in scientific usage a distinction may be made. "Gravitation" is a general term describing the attractive influence that all objects with mass exert on each other, while "gravity" specifically refers to a force that is supposed in some theories (such as Newton's) to be the cause of this attraction. By contrast, in general relativity gravitation is due to spacetime curvatures that cause inertially moving objects to accelerate towards each other.
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The gravitational force is a force that attracts any two objects with mass. ... In fact, every object, including you, is pulling on every other object in the entire universe! This is called Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation.
Gravity, also called gravitation, in mechanics, the universal force of attraction acting between all matter. ... On Earth all bodies have a weight, or downward force of gravity, proportional to their mass, which Earth's mass exerts on them. Gravity is measured by the acceleration that it gives to freely falling objects.
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