No, g is a measure of acceleration equal to Earth’s gravitational pull at the surface of earth (approx 9.8 meters per second per second). ‘c’ is the speed of light, you can’t accelerate with a speed.
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zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoDo you mean “c” instead of “g”? I don’t think there are a lot of “g” in interplanetary travel.
Siethron@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Ok, thanks for the clarification, I clearly misunderstood “g” and how it was used.
josephc@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
I mean ‘g’. 1g is 9.81m/s^2. c is a speed, not an acceleration. g is acceleration.
Not coincidentally, it’s the acceleration you experience from Earth’s gravity, but it doesn’t have to come from gravity. Astronauts routinely experience 3gs during takeoff from their rocket boosters.
If you were in a rocket that accelerated at a constant 1g it would feel like Earth’s gravity, even in space.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I understand now, thanks.