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Gravation - in experience at Earth's surface.

Go - We were playing with radial acceleration. Wanted to develop this to center discussion about the behavior of gravity and what it was sensitive to, vs. magnetism. You can drag the apple to another location to drop from somewhere else. This assumes no other forces.
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Topics that require this concept

  1. Density of the Earth
    The gravitational force of the Earth provides a clue to the mass of the Earth, its density and thus its composition.
  2. How much objects weigh
    TBA
  3. Planetary orbit
    TBA
  4. Satellite orbit
    TBA
  5. How fast objects fall
    TBA
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