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What is the difference between acceleration due to gravity and gravitational force?​

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Gravity.” or “Gravity causes the moon to orbit the earth.” “Acceleration due to gravity” is much more precise. It is the acceleration that an object experiences when it is dropped with no other external forces on it. ... Near the surface of the earth the acceleration due to gravity is about 9.8

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Acceleration due to gravity is the rate of change in velocity of a body under the influence of gravitational fields while gravitational force is the force of one newton experinced by a body of 1 kg mass placed in gravitational fields.

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