Universal Gravitation Stony Brook University万有引力石溪大学.pptVIP

Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation Dan Li SUNY-Stony Brook 12/09/2002 Outline Who Found It? The Statement of the Law Gravity Near the Earth’s Surface Geophysical Applications Satellites Who Found It? The Statement of the Law Magnitude: Every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Direction: This force acts along the line joining the two particles. Gravity Near the Earth’s Surface Some Geophysics Some Geophysics: Applications Variation in g: Gravity Anomalies To investigate the structure of the Earth’s crust mineral deposit oil exploration Some examples mineral deposit oil exploration Satellites What keeps a satellite up? Its high speed How they move? Moon: Special Satellite Earth: the Satellite of the sun Summary a force “acting at a distance” even though there is no contact a useful tool to explore in space Thank you! * * *