So, I learned in physics class at school in the UK that the value of acceleration due to gravity is a constant called g and that it was 9.81m/s^2. I knew that this value is not a true constant as it is affected by terrain and location. However I didn’t know that it can be so significantly different as to be 9.776 m/s^2 in Kuala Lumpur for example. I’m wondering if a different value is told to children in school that is locally relevant for them? Or do we all use the value I learned?

  • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Wow, I also didn’t know it varied so much. I assumed it would be within about 9.81±0.01 worldwide, since I (in UK) was also taught ~=9.81m/s^2