Re: Gravity and pi

[Mark Sylvester <msylvest@SPIN.IT>]

Aha! So pi still comes into the picture! :)

At 11:14 12/11/98 -0500, Rick Tarara wrote:
> YES--coincidence.  The moon is also round and g = 1.6 m/s^2 (about 1/2 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?
> >
> > Denise Wetli (Just wondering why the earth is round).
> > Wake Techn. Comm. College
> > Raleigh, NC
>
> >
>
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