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10-27-2003, 01:21 PM
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 Surface gravity vs Surface acceleration ? I'm just looking at some facts of mars from a NASA webpage, which basically says; Mars Earth Ratio Surface gravity (m/s2) 3.71 9.80 0.379 Surface acceleration (m/s2) 3.69 9.78 0.377 Could someone explain these 2 terms for me ?  |
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10-27-2003, 11:45 PM
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| Surface gravity vs Surface acceleration ? "Nils O. Selåsdal" <[Only registered users see links. ]> wrote in message news:[Only registered users see links. ] g... Without a context it is difficult to tell exactly what they were talking about. Could you possibly post the NASA link and let us see for ourselves? Tom Davidson Richmond, VA |
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10-28-2003, 07:01 AM
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| Surface gravity vs Surface acceleration ? Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: "Surface acceleration" includes the effects of rotation; "surface gravity" does not. |
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