Is there any gravitational pull from the sun in the solar system?

Answer 1

The sun has the most gravity in the solar system because it has the most mass. Mass has the ability to warp the space around it; the space is bowed out away from the mass and wants to spring back towards the mass. The potential of space pushing back towards the mass creates a force towards the mass. Therefor gravitational pull is more acurately space pushing in toward the mass.

Answer 2

YES:

The moon and sun act together or in opposition to cause the tides that we see. Gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun causes the tides but not how most people think. Most people think that the moons gravitational attraction pulls the water on earth towards the moon thereby causing the tides. But if this were THE reason we have tides then we would only have one high tide per day and as you know we have two, because the moon pulls in different sides of the earth at different times.

Answer 3

The Sun is very massive, and gravity is caused by mass.

We don't know HOW gravity is caused by mass, or what the intermediary particle is; we've nicknamed it the "graviton", as being similar to the "photon", which is a particle of light. But nobody has ever detected a "graviton", or has anything more than some interesting theories about what it is, or how it behaves.

But we CAN calculate the effect of gravity based on the masses of two objects, and the distance between them. We know THAT gravity works; we just don't know HOW.

Answer 4

Yes. There is a mutual force of gravitational attraction between every two masses. Period.

Some examples:

-- between you and the chair you're sitting in

-- between you and the chair across the room

-- between the two chairs

-- between my two dogs

-- between me and the office building I work in, while I'm at work

-- between me and the office building I work in, when I'm at home asleep

-- between every pair of two cars in a NASCAR race

Answer 5

The gravity of earth, denoted in g's, refers to the acceleration that

the Earth imparts to objects on or near its surface. Ignoring the

effects of air resistance, the speed of an object falling to earth

increases 32.2-feet per second each second.

Answer 6

Although there is a gravitational force between every two objects, the only gravitational force you ever notice is the one between you and the earth. When you sense that force and think about it, you refer to it by its scientific technical term, calling it your "weight".

Answer 7

The gravitational force depends on mass and distance. At the Earth's surface the pull on a 1-kg mass is 9.8 Newtons. For any other mass, also at the surface, the pull in Newtons is 9.8 times the mass in kg. At the Moon the Earth's gravity is 0.00028 as much but that is still enough to keep the Moon in its orbit.

Answer 8

Gravitational force can act 'at a distance'; it shows little variation over short distances, but does vary over larger distances.

Answer 9

No, other objects such as larger stars, black holes, pulsars, and anything with a larger mass will have a stronger gravitational pull.

Answer 10

Yes, the mutual attraction of the Earth and the Sun keeps the Earth in its orbit.