Em 16/2/2011 21:02, Joe Koberg escreveu:
> On 2011-02-16 16:51, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote:
>> I was trying to do some gravitational calculations but I found several
>> different values for G.
>> Does anybody know what is the most accurate and current value?
>>
> Depends on the amount of earth between you and the planetary centroid.
>
> >From https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Earth%27s_gravity :
>
>> The precise strength of the Earth's gravity varies depending on=20
>> location. The nominal "average" value at the Earth's surface, known a=20
>> standard gravity is, by definition, 9.80665 m/s^2 (32.1740 ft/s^2 ).=20
>
> Check out the measured gravity map at that page!
>
> Joe


I want to know the value of the "Big G", the Universal Gravitational
Constant, not the acceleration due to the gravity.

I've seen values from 6:6656e-11 m^3.kg^-1.s^-2 to 6.6873e-11, and also
6:67259e-11 and 6.67428e-11 (Wikipedia).

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