When a falling meteoroid is at a distance above the Earth's surface of 3.00 times the Earth 's radius, what is the acceleration due to the Earth's gravitation?
Answer:
I suppose Re is the radius of Earth
a = MG/ (4 x Re)^2
= (9.8 m/s^2 )/16
= 0.613 m/s^2
I don't UNDERSTAND what MG becomes 9.8 ....