Thursday 21 February 2013

1.32 understand gravitational field strength, g, and recall that it is different on other planets and the moon from that on the Earth

Gravitational field strength is how strongly something pulls an object towards it.
Earth has a higher gravitational field strength than the moon: on earth we are pulled down so much that we can jump only for a few seconds; on the moon the time you can jump for is longer as it is pulling you back in with a weaker gravitational field.
The reason for this difference is mass, the earth has more mass than the moon and so has a bigger gravitational field strength. Bigger planets than earth will have a higher gravitational field strength.

6 comments:

  1. Isn't it the mass, not the size of the planets?

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    1. yup, gravitational field strength: the size of this force depends on the masses of both objects, and the distance between the masses :)

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    2. Thank you guys- have made the change :P

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  2. you have spelt field wrong a few times it should be field not feild
    btw thanks so much for this blog

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  4. almost 1,000,000 page views... this shows the talent

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