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  • Understanding Gravity: Force, Attraction, and Newton's Law
    The measure of gravitational attraction or force gravity pulling one object toward the center of another object is called gravity.

    However, there are a few specific terms you might be thinking of:

    * Gravitational force: This is the actual force of attraction between two objects with mass. It is calculated using Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation:

    * F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2

    * Where:

    * F is the gravitational force

    * G is the gravitational constant (approximately 6.674 × 10^-11 m^3 kg^-1 s^-2)

    * m1 and m2 are the masses of the two objects

    * r is the distance between the centers of the two objects

    * Gravitational acceleration: This is the acceleration experienced by an object due to the gravitational force of another object. It is usually represented by the symbol "g" and is approximately 9.81 m/s² on the surface of the Earth.

    * Gravitational potential: This is the potential energy per unit mass that an object has due to its position in a gravitational field. It is a measure of the work done to move an object from infinity to a given point in the field.

    So, depending on what you're looking for, the correct term could be either gravity, gravitational force, gravitational acceleration, or gravitational potential.

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