The standard acceleration due to gravity (or standard acceleration of free fall), sometimes abbreviated as standard gravity, usually denoted by ɡ0 or ɡn, is the nominal gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth.
Definition | Relation to SI units |
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≡ 9.80665 m/s2 |
(decameter per minute) per second | standard gravity | inch per (second squared) | decameter per (second squared) | (yard per minute) per second | mile per (second squared) | (decameter per hour) per second | (decimeter per minute) per second |
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1 | 0.0169953 | 6.5616798 | 0.0166667 | 10.9361330 | 0.0001036 | 60 | 100 |
58.8399 | 1 | 386.0885827 | 0.980665 | 643.4809711 | 0.0060936 | 3,530.394 | 5,883.99 |
0.1524 | 0.0025901 | 1 | 0.00254 | 1.6666667 | 1.5782828282828 × 10-5 | 9.144 | 15.24 |
60 | 1.0197162 | 393.7007874 | 1 | 656.1679790 | 0.0062137 | 3 600 | 6 000 |
0.09144 | 0.0015540 | 0.6 | 0.001524 | 1 | 9.469696969697 × 10-6 | 5.4864 | 9.144 |
9,656.064 | 164.1074169 | 63 360 | 160.9344 | 105 600 | 1 | 579,363.84 | 965,606.4 |
0.0166667 | 0.0002833 | 0.1093613 | 0.0002778 | 0.1822689 | 1.7260310895481 × 10-6 | 1 | 1.6666667 |
0.01 | 0.0001700 | 0.0656168 | 0.0001667 | 0.1093613 | 1.0356186537289 × 10-6 | 0.6 | 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |
1 standard gravities | = 9.80665 meters per (second squared) |
2 standard gravities | = 19.6133 meters per (second squared) |
3 standard gravities | = 29.41995 meters per (second squared) |
4 standard gravities | = 39.2266 meters per (second squared) |
5 standard gravities | = 49.03325 meters per (second squared) |