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Re: little gee and its sign

I think this is part of the problem -- the inability to distinguish
between local and universal constants. When I was young... G was
called the Universal gravitational constant, is it still?

bc



Tim O'Donnell wrote:

I've always thought g was the local gravitational field.
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I think it is, but in many (most) localities that value is
close to 9.80 m/s/s, so it is considered a constant.