Posted by AMD on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 5:18pm.
A better name is magnitude of gravitational field force.
g= 9.8*(re/(re+2.44E7))^2 and the units are Newton/kg, of if you prefer, m/s^2
make certain radius earth re is in meters.
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