How do mass and distance affect gravitational attraction between objects?

Answer 1

The more mass a body has, the stronger will be its own gravitational force. The gravitational force of a body (like earth, or Jupiter) is directly proportional to the body's mass. (If you graphed gravity against mass the graph would form a line.) Jupiter's gravity is much stronger than earth's because Jupiter is many times more massive than the earth. Gravity is also the mutual attraction between two bodies. The earth and moon are examples; both are massive and each exerts a gravitational force of its own.

Each of them attracts the other, too. That attraction to each other is a mutual attraction. The earth's gravity is stronger, but if the moon had no mass, the earth wouldn't have much of a pull on it! If you could bring the moon down to earth's surface and weigh it, it would weigh exactly the same as the earth would weigh if you could bring the earth to the moon and weigh it. Think about it; the two weights have to be exactly the same; how could they be different? You weigh 100 pounds? That means that relative to YOU and YOUR gravitational force, the EARTH weighs 100 pounds (or whatever it is you happen to weigh).

Now this mutual gravitational force diminishes as the bodies separate. The less massive body will 'move' more, because the more massive body has more inertia. When you jump up and down, you don't cause everyone on the earth to feel an earthquake; the earth is huge in comparison and has lots of inertia. The force is inversely proportional (the distance increases, the force decreases). In the case of gravitational force The force is inversely proportional to the SQUARE of the distance between them. As you square the distance between them, the force is reduced linearly (if you graphed the force against distance squared the graph would form a line and not a curve).

More mass, more gravity. More distance, less mutual force attracting two bodies toward each other.

Answer 2

The force of gravity is proportional to the masses of the two objects involved and inversely proportional to the distance between them.

Newton's law of universal gravitation...

F = G(Mm/r2)

... where F is the force in newtons (N) of gravity between two objects, G is the universal gravitational constant, 6.674 x 10-11 N m2 kg-2, M and m are the masses of the two objects in kilograms, and r is the distance between them in meters.

Answer 3

Well, the equation for calculating the gravitational force between two objects is Fg= GMm/r2. So, G is the universal gravitation constant. Uppercase M is the larger mass and lowercase m is the smaller mass of the two. R is the distance between the centre of the two masses assuming they are spherical masses. So, to answer your question, the mass and distance directly affects the gravitational attraction of two objects. The greater the mass and the less distance, the greater the gravitational attraction. When distance is increased between two objects, the gravitational attraction decreases. This goes the same for mass.

Answer 4

Force of gravity is proportional to the mass of the objects and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them(Since its an inverse square law). So when distance increases gravity decreases and vice versa. When the mass of the objects increases the gravity increases.

Answer 5

Gravitational attraction between objects increases with mass - the larger the mass of an object, the stronger its gravitational pull. On the other hand, gravitational attraction decreases with distance - the farther apart objects are, the weaker the gravitational force between them. This relationship is described by Newton's law of universal gravitation.

Answer 6

The greater the mass, the stronger the gravity, but the distance does not affect the amount of gravity.

Answer 7

The force of gravity is directly proportional to mass while the force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

You can’t destroy or create gravity