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Where does gravity stop?

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15y ago

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The earths gravity extends across the whole universe but it gets weaker and weaker very quickly as you move away from the earth. It's a bit like a ball on a rubber sheet distorting the sheet around it a lot but not distorting the sheet a lot further away.

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In theory, it does not stop. It keeps propagating outward, for ever. Most scientists agree that gravity 'moves' at the speed of light, and does not have its effect instantaneously, as one would conclude from Newtonian theory.

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Gravity pulls objects toward each other.

Take someone jumping from the Earth, for example. If they were some kind of superhero who could jump REALLY high, they could jump extremely high, even past the atmosphere. However, they will still be affected by Earth's gravity, and they would fall back down. Gravity brings objects closer together and they eventually stop moving when they meet.

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Technically, every particle in the universe that has mass has an infinite gravity field. The gravity field just decreases exponentially the farther you get from an object.

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