Abstract

The value of the gravitational acceleration of the earth above the earth’s surface depends on the position of the latitude and longitude of the earth’s surface, in other words, because the shape of the earth’s surface is not round like a ball. The magnitude of gravity is not the same everywhere on the surface of the earth. The purpose of this study is to analyze the value of the earth’s gravitational acceleration in a laboratory using a current balance with a graphical method. Fluctuations in the value of the magnetic field strength (B) and the value of the electric current strength (i) on the current balance cause the value of laboratory gravitational acceleration (glab) to vary in the transfer of electric charge (q) according to coil type. The magnitude of the earth’s gravitational acceleration value obtained in a laboratory with a current balance for each type of coil is as follows: SF-37 glab-nr=9.89 m/s2, SF-38 glab-nr=9.90 m/s2, SF-39 glab-nr=9.76 m/s2, SF-40 glab-nr=9.95 m/s2, SF-41 glab-nr=9.75 m/s2 dan SF-42 glab-nr=9.93 m/s2. The results obtained indicate that the value of the earth’s gravitational acceleration in a laboratory close to the literature value is the value of the glab-nr in the SF-37 coil type of 9.89 m/s2.

Highlights

  • The concept of gravity is one of the basic foundations of classical physics

  • The magnitude of the gravitational force is proportional to the mass of the sun and the planet, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two objects

  • According to Newton, the planets are attracted to the sun by a gravitational force that works based on mass [1,5]

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Introduction

Gravity can explain the phenomenon of weight, the acceleration of objects falling from the orbit of Earth’s satellite [1]. One of the basic parameters attached to the Earth is the acceleration due to gravity, which is closely related to everyday life [2]. Acceleration due to the gravity of the Earth is the acceleration of a body caused by the gravitational field acting on the body towards the center of the Earth [3]. The magnitude of the gravitational force is proportional to the mass of the sun and the planet, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two objects. According to Newton, the planets are attracted to the sun by a gravitational force that works based on mass [1,5]. Modified gravity may be thought of as the presence of a force altering the motion of a freely falling particle [6]

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