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Yes. Gravity is always a two-way thing. The gravitational forces between
any two things are equal forces, and they act in opposite directions.
-- There are two forces between you and the Earth.
-- One force attracts you to the Earth. You call it your 'weight' on Earth.
-- The other force attracts the Earth to you. There's no name for it, because
nobody every discusses it. It's simply the Earth's weight on you.
-- Your weight on Earth and the Earth's weight on you are EQUAL !
-- When you and the Earth separate and are allowed to come together under
the influence of the forces of gravity, one of the forces pull you toward the
Earth, and the other one pulls the earth toward you. The smaller mass
accelerates faster, and the larger mass accelerates slower. If one of the
masses is much much less than the other one, then the acceleration of the
larger mass is much much less, and nobody notices it. You stagger into the
house, yelling "I fell out of the tree", and you don't feel like getting technical
about it at that moment. But what REALLY happened is that you and the Earth
both fell, toward each other.
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∙ 13y agoyes they both exert gravitational force on each other
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∙ 12y agoYes. The Moon has many effects on the Earth, not the least of which is our tides.
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∙ 12y agoYes, the Earth has greater mass.
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∙ 6y agoYes, it does.
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Does Earth exert a contact or a non-contact force on the moon?
Earth exerts a non-contact force on the moon.
He gravitational force between which two objects would be the most difficult to notice?
The moon and the earth
What is gravity and how does it affect your mass?
Gravity is the force all objects exert on all other objects. For example, the earth's mass exerts force on your mass and attracts you to earth while your mass attracts the earth (slightly) to you. Even though gravity is an interaction between mass, it doesn't actually affect mass. Your mass on the moon, which has less gravitational pull that the earth, is no different that your mass on Jupiter, which has more gravitational pull than the earth. What changes is your weight, which is equal to your mass multiplied by the gravitational pull you are experiencing.
What force pulls water up against gravity?
It is gravity its self. The gravity of the moon pulls on water and causes the tides. When the sun and moon are aligned, there are exceptionally strong gravitational forces, causing very high and very low tides. The gravitational force of the moon is one ten-millionth that of earth, but when you combine other forces such as the earth's centrifugal force created by its spin, you get tides.
Which term is defined as the measure of the force of gravity acting on the mass of a substance?
The term describing the measure of gravitational force acting on a mass is "weight". A brick may weigh 6 pounds on earth but the same brick will weigh only 1 pound on the moon. The mass is the same here or there, but the gravitational force on the moon is only one sixth of the gravitational force on earth.
True or false The Moon orbits Earth and not the Sun because the Sun doesn't exert a gravitational force on the Moon?
False. The sun does exert a gravitational force on the moon.
Does the earth and the moon exert a gravitational force on each other?
no they don't
What force do the sun and the moon exert on the earth?
They exert Gravitational Force on each other. It is a force which is directly proportional to Mass of the object
Why does the moon exert a lower gravitational force than the earth?
The moon is smaller than the Earth.Therefore it has a lower gravitational force. Don't you know this?
Do The Earth and Moon both exert a gravitational force on each other?
Yes
The moon orbits earth and not the sun because the sun doesn't exert a gravitional force on the moon True or False?
False. The sun does exert a gravitational force on the moon.
Does the moon orbits earth and not the sun because the sun doesn't exert a gravitational force on the moon?
false
Why do both the sun and the moon exert a greater gravitational force on one side of the earth than the other?
The gravitational force depends on the distance.
If the moon were twice as far from the earth as it is now the gravitational force it exert on the earth would be?
half its present value
Does earth the moon and sun have gravity?
Yes, they have gravity. In fact, anything that has mass will have a gravitational force - the more mass a body has, the more gravitational force it will exert.
Why does Earth exert a sgronger gravitational force than the moon?
The bigger an object's mass is, the bigger its gravitational pull is. Earth's gravitational pull is larger because it has a bigger mass.
Out of the Sun Earth the Moon and a Book which one exert the stronget gravitational force on you?
The Earth exerts the greatest gravitational force on you because it is the most massive object you are closest to. The Earth exerts a force equal to your weight. The other objects exert gravitational forces but are not very noticeable because they are either low in mass or separated from you by great distance.
