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Because the Sun is much larger than the Earth.

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Which object has a much higher gravitational attraction than earth?

Black holes have a much higher gravitational attraction than Earth due to their immense mass packed into a small volume, creating a strong gravitational pull that can even trap light.


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What is the measure of the earth's gravitational attraction?

A single object doesn't have a gravitational attraction. The gravitational force between two objects is proportional to the product of both of their masses. So the force between the earth and any other object ... like a person ... depends on the mass of the person, just as much as it depends on the earth's mass. You can't tell the strength of the earth's attraction of an object until you know the object's mass. (In other words, you don't know how much a person on earth will weigh until you know something about the person.)


Why can you not feel a gravitational attraction between you and an object?

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Why is the force of attraction between the earth and ourselves so huge compared yo the attraction between two apples?

The force of attraction between the Earth and ourselves is much stronger than the attraction between two apples because the Earth has a much larger mass than an apple and gravitational force is directly proportional to the mass of the objects involved. Additionally, the distance between us and the center of the Earth is much smaller than the distance between two apples, further increasing the gravitational force.


How would these gravity forces change if the Earth got much smaller?

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Why are we lighter on the moon?

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What are the two forces that keep the earth on this path?

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Why do you weigh more on Jupiter than on Earth?

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What is the gravitational attraction between mars moons?

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