August 20th, 2003, 09:16 PM
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Re: Calculating a planet\'s mass & gravitational pull
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Where gravitational constant G = 6.67300 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2
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Glurp! so if my distant maths lessons are correct, that would be -6.67300 with the decimal place moved 11 spaces to the right. Correct? What does the kg-1 s-2 mean?
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Not quite. It is not negative, just really close to 0.  A negative exponent does not change the sign of the base number. |