Re: Gravity and pi

[Denise Wetli <dmwetli@WTCC-GW.WAKE.TEC.NC.US>]

Thanks Rick!
    Our math instructors will love this.  (We are currently working on an
integration of math and physics project.)

Denise

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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