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How does the gravitational force between 2 bodies changes if mass of one body is doubled but the distance between them remains same?
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∙ 12y ago
I expect the gravitational force between them will become
four times as great as it was originally.
Vada Boyer
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∙ 14y agoThe gravitational force between two bodies is proportional to the product of the two masses. Original masses = 'A' and 'B' Original force = (konstant) times (A B) New masses = (A/2) and (2B) New force = (konstant) times (A/2)(2B) = (konstant) times (2AB/2) = (konstant) times (AB) = same as original. Note: The force is also inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers of mass. You only asked about changes in mass, so this work only considered the masses. The work, and the answer derived, assume that the distance between the bodies doesn't change.
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∙ 12y agoAccording to the universal law
F=(Gm1m2)/R2
If we let
m1<m2 ;
then m1 will accelerate towards m2 with g and the force, F is then given by Newton's 2nd law as;
F=m1g
and
m1g=(Gm1m2)/R2
g=(Gm2)/R2
thus doubling m2 would double g
i.e. 2g=2(Gm2)/R2
the lighter body would accelerate at twice the initial acceleration by doubling m2, towards the heavier body. on the other hand it would descelerate by half if m1 was to be doubled.
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∙ 11y agoThe gravitational force will decrease to 0.125 = 1/8 = 12.5% of its original value.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoI expect the gravitational force between them will become
four times as great as it was originally.
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What happens to the strength of gravity when the distance is doubled?
When the distance between the centers of two objects is doubled, the gravitational forces between the objects are reduced by 75% .
Strength of force between the moon and earth if the mass of the moon doubled?
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What will happen to the gravitational force of attractive between 2 masses if the distance between them is doubled?
it would reduce by two squared, which is 4
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When the masses are doubled and separation is halved what effect do they have on the gravitational force between the masses?
The effect of dubling the massesa and halving the distance is to increase the gravitational force by a factor of 16.
What happens to the strength of gravity when the distance is doubled?
When the distance between the centers of two objects is doubled, the gravitational forces between the objects are reduced by 75% .
If the average distance between Earth and the Sun were doubled what changes could occur in the Suns gravitational pull?
Its pull on the earth would be 25% as strong.
How is the force of gravitational attraction affected if the distance between their center of mass is doubled?
Gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. Therefore, double the distance = 1/22 = 1/4 the force.
Strength of force between the moon and earth if the mass of the moon doubled?
If one of the two masses doubles but the distance between them remains unchanged,then the magnitude of the gravitational force between them is also doubled.
What will happen to the gravitational force of attractive between 2 masses if the distance between them is doubled?
it would reduce by two squared, which is 4
If the distance between the Earth and the Sun were doubled how would the gravitational?
The sun would have 1/4 as much pull on the earth.
What happens to the gravitational force between two object when the distance between two bodies of masses m1 and m2 is doubled?
The gravitational force has a 1/r2 dependence, so if you double the distance, the force is decreased by a factor of 4.
When the masses are doubled and separation is halved what effect do they have on the gravitational force between the masses?
The effect of dubling the massesa and halving the distance is to increase the gravitational force by a factor of 16.
The force of gravitation between two objects is 500 Newtons what would be the force of gravitaion if the distance between these two objects increased by 10 times?
If the gravitational force decreases according to the square of the distance, then if the distance is doubled the force becomes one forth of what it was. So if you doubled the the distance between the two objects then they would have a gravitational force of 125 Newtons. That happens because 2 squared is 4 and 500 divided by 4 is 125.
Suppose that two objects with a gravitational force of 16 unit If the distance between the two objects is doubled what is the new force of attraction between the two objects?
The gravitational force between two objects is inverseley proportional to the square ofthe distance between them.If the distance is doubled, then the force falls to [ 1/22 = 1/4 ] of the original force.If the original force was 16 units, then the new force is (16/4) = 4 units after the distance doubles.
How does the gravitational force between two objects change if the mass of one the objects is doubted?
If the mass of both of the objects is doubled, then the force of gravity between them is quadrupled; and so on. Since gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance between the two interacting objects, more separation distance will result in weaker gravitational forces.
What happens to gravitational force between the earth and the moon if the distance is doubled?
The moon might escape it's orbit and become a moon of another planet.
