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You're ignoring the units of G. The gravitational constant has units N * m^2 / kg^2 = m^3 / (kg * s^2). That contains a length unit raised to the third power, which exactly balances the factor of 8 that you identified.



extraordinary. you’ve demolished his argument with purely dimensional analysis. bravo!




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