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How do we measure the gravitational constant?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Hardness of Measuring Gravity

Gravitation is 10 to the 33 times weaker than electromagnetism. It's not easy to measure these things because you need big masses. You can't really measure the gravity between two protons. And that brings you to the second reason why it's so difficult, which is that it's hard to shield gravity from other things.

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