Simply remind him of the whole basic story of how gravity operates:
-- Gravity causes a pair of equal forces ... one in each direction ... between
every two specks of mass in the universe.
-- The strength of the force depends on the product of the two masses.
It's stronger when the product of the masses is more, and weaker when
the product of the masses is less.
-- It also depends on the distance between their centers. The farther apart
their centers are, the weaker the force is.
When you are in space, you still have mass, and there are other masses at
various distances around you. So there are gravitational forces between you
and lots of other things in space.
If you're in space with somebody else, there's also a pair of gravitational forces
between the two of you. Let's say you and the other guy each have mass that
weighs 150 pounds on Earth, and you're about 6 feet (2 meters) apart in the
spaceship. The gravitational force that pulls each of you toward the other one
is about 0.00000028 ounce.
I suppose you mean, provide some evidence. The acceleration of the planets, and other objects (planets orbit around the Sun, continually changing the direction of their movements).
I suppose you mean, provide some evidence. The acceleration of the planets, and other objects (planets orbit around the Sun, continually changing the direction of their movements).
I suppose you mean, provide some evidence. The acceleration of the planets, and other objects (planets orbit around the Sun, continually changing the direction of their movements).
I suppose you mean, provide some evidence. The acceleration of the planets, and other objects (planets orbit around the Sun, continually changing the direction of their movements).
Many scientifically naive people do not believe there is gravity in space as they see astronauts floating around in their space vessels. This is not due to the absence of gravity , but the balance of gravity and the centrifugal forces around an object that they are orbiting. The state is called free fall.
Gravity is spread through space from all matter like an energy. It weakens as the square root of the distance from the object related to it by the equation
F = Gm1m2/r2,
F is the force due to gravity, between two masses (m1 and m2), which are a distance r apart; G is the gravitational constant.
The equation does not go to zero (there is no gravity) unless the masses are both zero. For there to be no gravity in space there would have to be no mass in the Universe which is contrary to the observed state of the Universe.
There is no way to explain to your friend that there is gravity in space. Your friend is correct because there is no gravity in space.
I suppose you mean, provide some evidence. The acceleration of the planets, and other objects (planets orbit around the Sun, continually changing the direction of their movements).
Astronauts are weightless in space because there is no gravity in space. The lack of gravity is what allows them to float.
Tell them it is a pull that the earth and other things in space have that make things fall towards them.
No matter what happens what goes up must come down. For example if you jump up into the air you have to come down because of the force of gravity. Same for space travel. If you jump on the moon you must come down.
because the gravity between you and your friend has no comparision to the gravity of a planet. In deep space where nothing is affected by gravity. You will start being pulled towards your friend.
Gravity affects the fabric of space-time. So both space and time will be distorted.
U tell her/him there is a gravity in space
Astronauts are weightless in space because there is no gravity in space. The lack of gravity is what allows them to float.
Objects dont have weight, its the gravity of whatever planet its on and its own gravity. If you were in space there would be no gravity therefore no weight.
"Gravity is a distortion in the Space-Time Continuum" -Albert Einstein...
There is gravity in space. Gravity is everywhere. You can never escape gravity.
Law of gravity...gravitational pull
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Tell them it is a pull that the earth and other things in space have that make things fall towards them.
Well, yes, you could over come weightlessness on the moon. Since there is no gravity (What holds you to the Earth) in space therefore there is no gravity on the moon because you are in space!
There is gravity in space. Gravity is what makes orbits possible.
Newtonian physics -- like any scientific paradigm -- was abandoned when it could no longer explain physical reality. Newton's theories on the nature of light was abandoned when it could not explain interference. His ideas of gravity were shown to be only an approximation when it was shown it could not explain the bending of star light near a large mass. And his basic ideas of space and time have also been shown to be not in accord with experiment.
The Earth has an atmosphere because it has the gravity necessary to keep the gases from floating off into space. The more mass a planet has, the more gravity it has, and the more gravity it has, the thicker an atmosphere it can sustain.