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It seems to me calling g a gravitational constant is a bit dangerous
since we give a similar name to G.
Also, I like to stress that the
value of g is a local phenomena, in which case calling it a constant
seems inconsistent. In my own mind, if not in my lectures, g is the
gravitational field in the same way as E is the electric field. This
way of thinking is so far off the textbook approach that I hesitate to
bring it up.
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Doug Craigen
http://www.dctech.com/physics/about_dc.html