Universal Gravitation

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What is Universal Gravitation?

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The universal law stating that every mass attracts every other mass in the universe, and the force of attraction is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

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How does mass affect gravitational force?

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Gravitational force is directly proportional to the masses of the objects involved. If the mass of either object increases, the gravitational force increases.

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What happens to gravitational force if the distance between two objects is increased?

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The gravitational force decreases. Specifically, it is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two objects.

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If the mass of one object is doubled, what happens to the gravitational force?

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The gravitational force doubles.

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If both masses are doubled, what happens to the gravitational force?

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The gravitational force increases by a factor of four (4x bigger).

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What is the formula for gravitational force?

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F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2, where F is the gravitational force, G is the gravitational constant, m1 and m2 are the masses, and r is the distance between the centers of the two masses.

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What is the gravitational constant (G)?

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G is a constant used in the calculation of gravitational force, approximately equal to 6.674 × 10^-11 N(m/kg)^2.

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What happens to gravitational force if the distance is doubled?

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The gravitational force becomes 4 times smaller (4x smaller).

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What is the relationship between gravitational force and distance?

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Gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the centers of two masses.

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If two objects have the same mass, how does their distance affect the gravitational force?

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As the distance increases, the gravitational force decreases.