lsxinh_Gravity
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lsxinh on July 21, 2012
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GIS_lsx, Mapping_lsx, surveying_lsx, earth_science_lsx
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7 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 gravity | a mutual physical force that attracts two objects |
| mass | measure of the total amount of material in an object |
| weight | measure of the strength of the pull of gravity on an object meaured in newtons (N) |
| law of gravitation | the force of attraction between two objects depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them |
| force | a push or a pull; can change the motion of an object it is acting upon |
| Kepler, Johannes | founder of modern astronomy and formulated the 3 famous laws of planetary motion |
| Newton, Isaac | scientist who discovered the classical laws of motion and gravity |
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