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Gravitational mass is a term used in physics. The definition of gravitational mass is the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies.

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The mass of an object in a gravitional field is called?

The mass of an object in a gravitational field is called the object's "mass".The presence or absence of a gravitational field has no effect on the mass.


How is gravitational force and mass related?

Gravitational force F = mass x g where g is the gravitational acceleration.


What planets have high gravitational pulls?

Gravity is determined by mass. Everything with mass has gravitational pull (including you). Planets with more mass have higher gravitational pulls


What is the relationship between inertial and gravitational mass?

Inertial mass and gravitational mass are the same thing. This means that an object's resistance to changes in motion (inertial mass) is equal to the force of gravity acting on it (gravitational mass).


What is similar between inertial mass and gravitational mass?

Inertial mass is a quantitative measure of an object's resistance to the change of its speed. Gravitational mass is the property of the mass of an object that produces a gravitational field in the space surrounding the object.


What is the effect of mass on the gravitational attraction between objects?

If there is more mass, there will be more gravitational attraction.


How does the planets mass affect the strength of gravitational force?

The greater the mass, the greater the gravitational force.


How much mass does a celestial object have to have to exert gravitational force?

There is no minimum mass at which point an object (celestial or otherwise) begins to have a gravitational force. Any object with mass has an associated gravitational force. The magnitude of that force is proportional to to the mass of the object - lots of mass results in lots of gravitational force; little masses result in only little gravitational force.


How sun got gravity?

By virtue of having mass. Anything with mass will have a gravitational effect. The more mass the greater the gravitational force.


What does not change when gravitational force changes?

The mass of an object does not change when the gravitational force changes. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object and is independent of the gravitational force acting on it.


Does every object have a gravitational pull on another object?

Yes. A gravitational force attracts every mass toward every other mass.


How is the gravitational force between object affected by mass?

More mass will cause more gravitational force.