Definition: universal constant of gravitation; G: The constant of proportionality in Newton's law of universal gravitation and which plays an analogous role in A. Einstein's general relativity. It is equal to 6.664 x 10-11 m3[/su[] / kg-sec2 (see scientific notation).
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