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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Muhlenberg_College/MC%3A_Physics_121_-_General_Physics_I/13%3A_Gravitation/13.03%3A_Gravitation_Near_Earth's_SurfaceThe weight of an object is the gravitational attraction between Earth and the object. The gravitational field is represented as lines that indicate the direction of the gravitational force; the line s...The weight of an object is the gravitational attraction between Earth and the object. The gravitational field is represented as lines that indicate the direction of the gravitational force; the line spacing indicates the strength of the field. Apparent weight differs from actual weight due to the acceleration of the object.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Workbench/PH_245_Textbook_V2/13%3A_Gravitation/13.03%3A_Gravitation_Near_Earth's_SurfaceThe weight of an object is the gravitational attraction between Earth and the object. The gravitational field is represented as lines that indicate the direction of the gravitational force; the line s...The weight of an object is the gravitational attraction between Earth and the object. The gravitational field is represented as lines that indicate the direction of the gravitational force; the line spacing indicates the strength of the field. Apparent weight differs from actual weight due to the acceleration of the object.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_I_(2211)/07%3A_Mass_and_Inertia/7.02%3A_Mass_Weight_and_Gravitation_Near_a_Planet's_SurfaceSince the lines are equally spaced in all directions, the number of lines per unit surface area at a distance r from the mass is the total number of lines divided by the surface area of a sphere of ra...Since the lines are equally spaced in all directions, the number of lines per unit surface area at a distance r from the mass is the total number of lines divided by the surface area of a sphere of radius r, which is proportional to r 2 . Hence, this picture perfectly represents the inverse square law, in addition to indicating the direction of the field.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology/Celestial_Mechanics_(Tatum)/05%3A_Gravitational_Field_and_Potential/5.02%3A_Gravitational_FieldThe region around a gravitating body (by which I merely mean a mass, which will attract other masses in its vicinity) is a gravitational field. Although I have used the words “around” and “in its vici...The region around a gravitating body (by which I merely mean a mass, which will attract other masses in its vicinity) is a gravitational field. Although I have used the words “around” and “in its vicinity”, the field in fact extents to infinity. All massive bodies (and by “massive” I mean any body having the property of mass, however little) are surrounded by a gravitational field, and all of us are immersed in a gravitational field.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/University_Physics_(OpenStax)/Book%3A_University_Physics_I_-_Mechanics_Sound_Oscillations_and_Waves_(OpenStax)/13%3A_Gravitation/13.03%3A_Gravitation_Near_Earth's_SurfaceThe weight of an object is the gravitational attraction between Earth and the object. The gravitational field is represented as lines that indicate the direction of the gravitational force; the line s...The weight of an object is the gravitational attraction between Earth and the object. The gravitational field is represented as lines that indicate the direction of the gravitational force; the line spacing indicates the strength of the field. Apparent weight differs from actual weight due to the acceleration of the object.
