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Re: Gravity and pi



Hello!
Is it just a coincidence that the acceleration due to the
gravitational force on the surface of the earth is approximately pi
squared?

No more than the coincidence that pi^20 is approximately equal to the
Coulomb Constant!

Van E. Neie

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