GRAVITATION
What is gravitation ?
Gravitation can b edefine as the force that pulls objects with mass toward each other.
EFFECT OF GRAVITATION
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Keeps Us Grounded: Gravity pulls everything towards the center of the Earth, keeping people, animals, and objects on the ground.
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Causes Things to Fall: When you drop an object, gravity pulls it down towards the Earth.
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Shapes and Holds Atmosphere: Gravity keeps the Earth's atmosphere from drifting into space, allowing us to breathe.
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Influences Water Flow: Gravity causes rivers to flow downhill, rain to fall, and creates ocean tides influenced by the moon's gravity.
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Planetary Orbits: Gravity keeps planets in orbit around the sun. Without gravity, planets would drift off into space.
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Moon's Orbit: Gravity keeps the moon orbiting around the Earth, affecting tides and stabilizing the planet's rotation.
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Formation of Solar System: Gravity pulled gas and dust together to form the sun, planets, and other bodies in the solar system.
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Walking and Movement: Gravity provides the force that our muscles work against to move and walk.
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Sports and Activities: Gravity affects the trajectory of balls in sports like basketball, soccer, and baseball.
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Engineering and Construction: Gravity influences the design of buildings, bridges, and other structures to ensure they remain stable.
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Satellites and Orbits: Understanding gravity helps in placing satellites in orbit for communication, weather forecasting, and navigation.
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Space Exploration: Gravity assists in planning spacecraft trajectories for missions to other planets and moons.
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Timekeeping and Clocks: Gravitational time dilation, predicted by Einstein's theory of relativity, affects the accuracy of satellite-based clocks and is accounted for in GPS systems.
Weightlessness
What is Weightlessness ?
Weightlessness is the sensation or condition that occurs when there is no force of gravity
acting on a body, or when the effects of gravity are not felt.
Satellite
What is Satellite ?
An object that orbits a planet or star, which can be natural (like moons)
or artificial (like the Hubble Space Telescope).
Space Travel
What is Space travel ?
Space travel refers to the act of traveling into or through outer space.
Human
Spaceflight: This involves sending astronauts
into space, either to orbit the Earth, visit the Moon, or explore other planets.