Why is the acceleration of one cosmic body relative to another always greater than it would follow from the law of universal gravitation
September 21, 2020 | Education
| Why is the acceleration of one cosmic body relative to another always greater than it would follow from the law of universal gravitation a = CM / r2, where M is the mass of the attracting body, and r is the distance between the centers of these bodies?
We are talking about the acceleration of a space body in a non-inertial frame of reference associated with another space body. This acceleration is found by the formula a = G (M + m) / r ^ 2, where M and m are the masses of the bodies.
