The book is based on a course of lectures for students of Moscow State University, read by the author for over 10 years. It contains a concise and intelligible presentation of all the main provisions of gravimetry: elements of the theory of attraction, methods for measuring the acceleration of gravity, applications in geodesy, in the study of the internal structure of the Earth, in geological exploration. The latest satellite methods for studying the gravitational field of the Earth, Moon and planets are also described.