Gravitational constant

Definition

The gravitational constant is an empirical physical constant that gives the strength of the gravitational field induced by a mass. It is involved in the calculation of gravitational effects in Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation and in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. It is also known as the universal gravitational constant, the Newtonian constant of gravitation, or the Cavendish gravitational constant, denoted by the capital letter G. It is contrastable with the Einstein gravitational constant, denoted by lowercase kappa (κ).

Related concepts

Abraham de Moivre Absolute space and time Accelerating expansion of the universe Albert Einstein Algebra Amedeo Avogadro An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture Angular velocity Annalen der Physik Arithmetica Universalis Arthur Stanley Mackenzie Astronomers Monument Astronomical unit Astrophysics Atom interferometry Avogadro constant Benjamin Pulleyn Bohr radius Boltzmann constant Brian Josephson Bucket argument C. V. Boys CODATA Calculus Carl Braun (astronomer)Catherine Barton Cavendish experiment Celestial mechanics Centimetre Centre of mass Cgs Charles Hutton Charles Marie de La Condamine Classical mechanics Corpuscular theory of light Cosmological constant Cranbury Park Day De analysi per aequationes numero terminorum infinitas De motu corporum in gyrum Density Difference quotient Dirac large numbers hypothesis Distance Douglas Hartree Dyne Early life of Isaac Newton Earth Earth's mass Earth's orbit Earth mass Earth radius Edmond Halley Edward Sabine Edwin Hubble Einstein field equations Einstein gravitational constant Einstein tensor Electromagnetic force Electron Empirical Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition Escape velocity Faraday constant Ferdinand Reich Finite difference Fluxion Force Francesco Carlini French Geodesic Mission Fundamental forces Fundamentals of Physics Gaussian gravitational constant Gauss–Newton algorithm General Scholium General relativity Generalized Gauss–Newton method Geometrized unit system George Biddell Airy Gram Gravitation (book)Gravitational Gravitational field Gravitational force Gravitational lensing Gravitational potential Gravitational wave Gravity of Earth Heat transfer coefficient Henry Cavendish Hollow Earth Hubble constant Hugo Tetrode Hypotheses non fingo IAU Impact depth Inertia Institute of Physics Isaac Newton Medal International System of Units Inverse-square law Isaac Barrow Isaac Newton Isaac Newton's apple tree Isaac Newton's occult studies Isaac Newton Gargoyle Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes Isaac Newton Institute Isaac Newton Telescope Isaac Newton in popular culture J. J. Thomson Jet Propulsion Laboratory Johann Jakob Balmer Johann Josef Loschmidt Johannes Rydberg John Conduitt John Henry Poynting John Keill John Michell Josef Stefan Josephson constant Jérôme Lalande Kepler's laws of planetary motion Kilogram Kilometre Kissing number Klaus von Klitzing Later life of Isaac Newton Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy List of scientists whose names are used as units List of scientists whose names are used in physical constants List of things named after Isaac Newton Little g Loschmidt constant Ludwig Boltzmann Luminiferous aether Lunar Laser Ranging experiment Mass Mass of Earth Max Planck Mean solar day Measurement uncertainty Method of Fluxions Metre Metric tensor Metric tensor (general relativity)Michael Faraday Moon NASA National Institute of Standards and Technology Natural units Newton's cannonball Newton's cradle Newton's identities Newton's inequalities Newton's law of cooling Newton's law of universal gravitation Newton's laws of motion Newton's metal Newton's method Newton's method in optimization Newton's notation Newton's reflector Newton's rings Newton's theorem about ovals Newton's theorem of revolving orbits Newton (Blake)Newton (Paolozzi)Newton (unit)Newton International Fellowship Newton disc Newton fractal Newton polygon Newton polynomial Newton scale Newtonian constant of gravitation Newtonian dynamics Newtonian fluid Newtonian potential Newtonian telescope Newtonianism Newton–Cartan theory Newton–Cotes formulas Newton–Euler equations Newton–Hooke priority controversy for the inverse square law Newton–Okounkov body Newton–Pepys problem Niels Bohr Norm (mathematics)Notes on the Jewish Temple Opticks Orbital mechanics Otto Sackur PDF Parallelogram of force Parameterized post-Newtonian formalism Parsec Paul R. Heyl Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica Physical constant Pierre Bouguer Planck constant Planck units Planets Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Portrait of Isaac Newton Post-Newtonian expansion Power number Problem of Apollonius Proportionality (mathematics)Proton Puiseux series Quaestiones quaedam philosophicae Radian Religious views of Isaac Newton Robert von Sterneck Roger Cotes Rotating spheres Rydberg constant SI units Schiehallion experiment Schrödinger–Newton equation Science (journal)Second Semi-major axis Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Solar System Solar mass Solar radius Solar year Spectrum Standard deviation Standard gravitational parameter Standard gravity Standard uncertainty Standing on the shoulders of giants Statal Institute of Higher Education Isaac Newton Stefan–Boltzmann constant Stoney units Stress–energy tensor Strong gravity Structural coloration Sun Svetlana Kotochigova Table of Newtonian series The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended The Queries Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Time-variation of fundamental constants Torsion beam Torsion spring Truncated Newton method Two-body problem Type Ia supernovae Von Klitzing constant Wilhelm Wien William Clarke (apothecary)William Jones (mathematician)William Stukeley William Whiston Woolsthorpe Manor XMM-Newton

10 concepts already in your glossary