Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4588.&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4588. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Theoretical Concepts And Tools, Theoretical Concepts
Scientific paper
The force experienced by a body resting on, for example, the surface of a planet. A person standing on the Earth's surface experiences weight because the surface on which he is standing resists the effect of the force of gravity which otherwise would accelerate that person towards the center of the Earth. In other words, there is a reaction up through his feet equal and opposite to the gravitatio...
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