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How is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth related to its mass and radius?

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The acceleration due to gravity ‘ $g$ ’ on the surface of earth, is given by the formula,

$g = \frac{G M}{R^{2}}$

where ‘ $M$ ’ is the mass of the earth and ‘ $R$ ’ is radius of the earth.

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