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On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> Newton's law F =3D -Gm=E2=82=81m=E2=82=82/r=C2=B2
>
> Better seen in its normal math form:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation#Mod=
ern_form
>
> De-abbreviated
>
> Force is given by the negative of the universal_gravitational_constant ti=
mes
> the mass_of_first_body times mass_of_second_body divided by the square of=
 the distance_between_the_bodies
>
> Cobol anyone?
>
> Ok with typical python naming
>
> Force =3D (universal_gravitational_constant * mass_of_first_body * mass_o=
f_second_body) / (distance_between_the_bodies*distance_between_the_bodies)

That's still excessive by any reasonable standards. Names should be
descriptive, but no more verbose than necessary. How about:

force_N =3D -G * mass1_kg * mass2_kg / distance_m ** 2

I'm fine with "G" as is because it's the standard name for the value
in physics contexts, and it's presumably defined in the code as a
constant. It's every bit as clear as "pi".