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The gravitational force between two objects depends on the product of their masses.
That means (mass #1) times (mass #2).

If Mass-#1 is you, then the gravitational force between you and another object depends on the mass
of the other object.

Since the earth has much more mass than the moon, the gravitational force between you and the earth is
larger than the gravitational force between you and the moon.

(The force also depends on the distance between the two objects. But you should already be
getting the idea, without going into the other details.)

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