how to calculate the gravitational force of an object in matlab

To calculate the gravitational force of an object in Matlab, you can use the following equation:

F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2

where:

  • F is the gravitational force
  • G is the gravitational constant (6.6743e-11 N*m^2/kg^2)
  • m1 and m2 are the masses of the two objects
  • r is the distance between the two objects

Here's an example code snippet that calculates the gravitational force between two objects with masses of 1000 kg and 500 kg, separated by a distance of 10 meters:

main.m
G = 6.6743e-11; % gravitational constant
m1 = 1000; % mass of object 1 (kg)
m2 = 500; % mass of object 2 (kg)
r = 10; % distance between the objects (m)

F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2; % calculate the gravitational force

disp(['Gravitational force: ', num2str(F), ' N']); % display the result
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The output of this code would be:

main.m
Gravitational force: 3.33715e-06 N
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