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Is it true that the force of friction pulls the moon and earth toward each other?
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∙ 12y ago
No, friction is the resistance on a moving object that acts to slow it down, there is no friction in space. Gravity is the force that causes all bodies with mass to attract to each other, this includes the moon and earth. An example of this is the tides, the tides are effected by the pull of the gravity from the moon.
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What is the moon's gravitational pull relative to the earth's gravitational pull the moon?
The force of gravitation attracting the earth and moon toward each other is exactly the same force on both bodies.Just as the force of gravitation that attracts you toward the earth is exactly the same as the force that attractsthe earth toward you.
What is the direction of the force of friction on wheel of bicycle?
the direction of force of friction provided from earth is in its opposite direction.i.e the wheel and frictional force are both opposite to each other
What is a measure of the force of gravity on you?
The Earth and you are attracted to the centers of each other by a pair of equal gravitational forces. The size of the force attracting you toward the center of the Earth is your "weight" on Earth. The size of the force attracting the Earth toward the center of you is the Earth's "weight" on you. They are equal.
Is a measure of the force of gravity on you?
The Earth and you are attracted to the centers of each other by a pair of equal gravitational forces. The size of the force attracting you toward the center of the Earth is your "weight" on Earth. The size of the force attracting the Earth toward the center of you is the Earth's "weight" on you. They are equal.
What Is a measure of the force of gravity on you.?
The Earth and you are attracted to the centers of each other by a pair of equal gravitational forces. The size of the force attracting you toward the center of the Earth is your "weight" on Earth. The size of the force attracting the Earth toward the center of you is the Earth's "weight" on you. They are equal.
What results when force within the earth are pulled toward each other?
Compression
Is gravity the force that pulls objects together?
The exact scientific explanations of gravity are far too complex for this forum. The simple explanation is that every body that has mass attracts every other body that has mass. The more massive the two bodies are the more they attract each other. The more distant they are, the less they attract. Earth has a huge mass, billions and billions of times the size of a human. All of that taken together pulls everything and everyone toward the center of the earth. You may not be aware of it, but your body is also pulling the earth toward you. We can see the effect of a smaller body pulling on a larger one when we see the tides. The moon, a quarter of a million miles away, is affecting the water and the outer crust of the earth, even though the moon is only a little more than 1% of the earth's mass. Further out, tiny Pluto was discovered (in part) because it was affecting the orbits of the gas giant planets Neptune and Uranus.
What does gravity meen?
The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
What direction Earth gravitational force acts in?
-- Gravitational force always shows up as a pair of equal forces, between the centers of two masses, and in the directions that pull the masses toward each other. -- If you 'weigh' 100 pounds, that means that one gravitational force of 100 pounds pulls you toward the center of the Earth, and the other gravitational force of the pair ... also 100 pounds ... pulls the Earth toward the center of you. -- We have a name for the direction of the force that pulls us toward the center of the Earth. We call that direction "down". It's actually many different directions at different places on Earth, but it always points toward the Earth's center, and we always call it "down".
What is the 'pull' in space called?
The force that 'pulls' every object toward every other object is called universal "gravitation".It operates not only in space, but everywhere, period. It also attracts you toward the earth,and the earth toward you. It is the force that you usually refer to as your "weight".
If Two galaxies are interacting with each other what is the force that draws them toward each other?
The force that draws the two galaxies together is gravity, the same force which keeps the Earth rotating around the Sun and us on the Earth!
What force is created whenever two touching surfaces move past each other?
Friction. When they move it is dynamic friction. If they are not moving relative to each other then it is static friction.
