How does distance affect the force of gravity between 2 objects?

Answer 1

The farther apart two objects are, the less the gravitational force between them. Gravity gets weaker with distance. To be specific, it decreases by the square of the distance. If you double the distance (multiply the distance by 2), the force of gravity is 1/22 or 1/4th as great as it was. If you triple the distance, the force is 1/32 or 1/9th as great, and so on.

Answer 2

The farther apart two objects are, the lower the gravitational force between them, so gravity gets weaker with distance. To be specific, it decreases by the square of the distance. So if you double the the distance, the force of gravity is 1/4 as strong. If you triple the distance, the force is 1/9 as strong, and so on.

Answer 3

The force of gravity varies inversely with the square of the distance between them.

So if two objects were 1000 miles apart and two identical objects were 2000 miles apart, the force of gravity would be 1/4, or one-quarter. Double the distance (distance times 2), and the force is DEcreased by 4 or 2 squared.

Move them to 3000 miles apart (3 times the distance) and the force is one-ninth as great ( 3 squared is 9.)

Answer 4

The force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distances between thee two bodies. Hence if the distance between the bodies is doubled, the gravitational force decreases four times. If the distance is tripled, the gravitational force decreases 9 times.

Answer 5

Distance:

The closer together the stronger gravity.

The further apart the weaker gravity.

Size:

The greater the mass, the stronger the gravity.

Answer 6

More mass: more gravity.

More distance: less gravity.

Answer 7

The gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. For example, at 10 times the distance, the force will decrease by a factor of 102 = 100.

Answer 8

There are two things that affect gravity. These are mass and distance. It doesn't say anything about the size of an object for example if a ball and a feather were falling if there was no wind resistance they would both hit the ground at the same time. This proves that even if an object is small it can still orbit another object. The mass and distance of Earth doesn't change so the moon will still orbit. The only thing that changes is the size of Earth