How does the acceleration of gravity change in space bodies when moving from the surface to their center?
September 21, 2020 | Education
| If the space body is homogeneous, then the acceleration of gravity decreases with depth; in the center of the body g = 0. A similar situation is assumed for the terrestrial planets. If the density increases with depth, then the acceleration of gravity will have a maximum at some depth; at the center of the object g = 0. This situation takes place on the Sun. The maximum value of gravitational acceleration for the Sun is observed at a distance of 0.217 of the radius of the star from the center.
