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Find the change in the force of gravity between two planets when the distance between them is increased by a factor of five?
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∙ 13y ago
When the distance between the centers of two planets decreases to 1/10th of the original distance,
the gravitational force between them increases to 100 times the original force.
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∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe force of gravity varies as the inverse square of the distance, so if the distance were increased by a factor of five, the force between them would decrease by a factor of five squared, or 25.
So the new force would be 4% of the original force.
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