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What must you know to find the magnitude of the gravitational force of attraction between the earth and the sun?
Gravitational force= G*m1*m2/r^2 G - universal gravitational constante m1 - mass of object 1 m2 - mass of object 2 r - distance between the objects
What provides the centripetal force required for planetary motion?
the mutual forces of gravitational attraction between the planet and the sun
What happen to the force of gravity when you get further from the earth?
As you get further away from Earth, the gravitational forces between you and Earth decrease. But the gravitational forces between you and something else might increase, like between you and the moon, or between you and the sun.
What happens to the force of gravity between two objects if the distance between them increased?
The force changes in the direction opposite to the change in distance. More distance ==> less force, and less distance ==> more force. That's why the gravitational force between the sun and you is small, even though the sun has a lot more mass than the earth has.
Are there unbalanced or balanced foces on Mercury?
The Sun attracts Mercury; that is an unbalanced force, that causes Mercury to accelerate towards the Sun.
Does the gravitational force vary with the distance between earth and sun?
The gravitational force between the Earth and sun certainly depends on the distance between the Earth and sun. But the gravitational force between, for example, the Earth and me does not.
What does Mercurys atmosphere cause?
Mercury has virtually no atmosphere due to its proximity to the Sun and its relatively low gravitational attraction force
Is there a stronger gravitation attraction between the Sun and Neptune?
No, the strength of gravitation attraction between two celestial bodies depends on their masses and the distance between them. The Sun has a much larger mass than Neptune, so it exerts a stronger gravitational force on the planet. However, the distance between the Sun and Neptune is much greater than the distance between the Sun and Earth, so the gravitational force between the Sun and Neptune is weaker than the force between the Sun and Earth.
Why is the sun the only gravitational force?
The sun is not the only gravitational force but it is the strongest, the earth has a gravitational force, the moon has a gravitational force etc. Any two objects have a gravitational force between them that is proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
The strongest gravitational force occurs between earth and?
the Sun.
Does Mercury have a tidal bulge?
Yes, Mercury has a tidal bulge because of Sun. The Sun gravitational force on Mercury's surface is more than 17 times than Moon forces Earth.
Earth orbits the sun as a result of a centripetal force that is caused by?
The mutual force of gravitational attraction between the Earth and Sun.
What does atmosphere cause?
Mercury has virtually no atmosphere due to its proximity to the Sun and its relatively low gravitational attraction force
Is the gravitational force between the sun and Jupiter or between the sun and Saturn?
Sun and Jupiter because Jupiter has more mass and it is closer to the sun.
Which force holds Earth in its orbit?
The mutual force of gravitational attraction between the sun and the earth.
Is the gravitational force of the sun is greater than that of Earth?
The gravitational force of the sun is many thousands of times greater than that of Earth. This is due to the enormous difference in mass between the two.
Why do the planets circle the sun?
gravitational force
