Gravitational field and practical determination of gravitational acceleration value on the Earth surface

Authors: Sukhorukova N.A.
Published in issue: #4(4)/2016
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2016-4-30
Category: Physics | Chapter: Instrumentation and Methods of Experimental Physics
Keywords: gravitational field, gravitational acceleration, measurement
Published: 14.02.2017

The paper examines the history of gravitation study, shows the main concepts and definitions of the theory of gravitational field and its characteristics, as well as examples of practical determination of the gravitational acceleration value on the Earth surface.

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