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It doesn't. Close to Earth's surface, any object will accelerate towards the center of the Earth at a rate of about 9.8 meters/second squared, regardless of the object's mass.
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How does gravity affect the mass of dropping stuff?
Gravity accelerates the centres of the two masses towards their joint centre of mass. Obviously, if there is a huge difference between the two objects, such as a ball and the earth, the centre of mass of the combined system will be indistinguishably close to the centre of the earth and so it will accelerate the ball towards the centre of the earth. Also, while it will accelerate the earth towards the ball, the force will be too small to measure.
What is gravity and how does it affect your mass?
Gravity is the force all objects exert on all other objects. For example, the earth's mass exerts force on your mass and attracts you to earth while your mass attracts the earth (slightly) to you. Even though gravity is an interaction between mass, it doesn't actually affect mass. Your mass on the moon, which has less gravitational pull that the earth, is no different that your mass on Jupiter, which has more gravitational pull than the earth. What changes is your weight, which is equal to your mass multiplied by the gravitational pull you are experiencing.
How are objects around you affected by mass of earth?
The objects around you and me are affected by the mass of earth by gravity
If Earth increases its mass, how would that affect the gravitational pull a person experiences on Earth?
The gravitation pull will increase relative to the amount of increased mass. The Mass of the Objects The more mass two objects have, the greater the force of gravity the masses exert on each other. If one of the masses is doubled, the force of gravity between the objects is doubled.
Far away from earth do objects have mass?
Yes. The mass is basically independent of any attracting objects, such as Earth.
What objects does gravity affect?
Anything with mass
Does increasing an objects mass affect the objects weight if gravity does not change?
yes
Does the earth attract objects because they have a large mass?
Earth attracts objects because we have gravitational field, which draws objects in.
Do further away earth objects have no mass?
No, they continue having mass.
How do mass of the objects affect the force of gravity?
The greater the mass, the stronger the gravity, but the distance does not affect the amount of gravity.
How does the mass of an objects affect inertia?
Mass is the measure of inertia and if you change the mass the inertia will change.
How can the sun have a large gravitational affect on earth but a small gravitational force on you?
The gravitational force between two objects is proportional to the product of their masses. (sun's mass) times (earth's mass) is a very large number. (sun's mass) times (my mass) is a much smaller number.
