What is the gravitational constant? How was it derived?

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>>8501502
DUDE GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANTS LMAO

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>>850150
this part of 4chan is so tame what is going on

>>8501502

It was created so that the units would work out in Newton's law of gravitation.

>>8501502
Cavendish Experiment

>>8501502
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant#History_of_measurement

Wasnt it atwoods machine that we used to figure out acceleration of gravity?

>>8501534
Top kek

>>8501502
I derived the constant in astrophysics class. Its a fucking nightmare of partial integrations.

>>8501534
>tfw not a number autist but 5 is my favorite number