Law of Universal Gravitation

Two asteroids exert a gravitational force, F, on each other. Some time later, the asteroids are now three times as far from each other as before. Which of the following represents the gravitational force at this distance? 

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 1/6

• 1/9

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Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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Calculate the gravitational force between two objects when they are 0.750m apart. Each object has a mass of 5.00kg.

• 2.96x10^-7N

• 3.00x10^-6N

• 2.22x10^-9N

• 2.23x10^-8N

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Two objects are attracted to each other with 36 N of gravitational force.
What would the force between them be if the distance between them were doubled?

• 9
• 18
• 72
• 144

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What is the Universal law of gravitation equation? 

• G=F ⋅ m⋅m2/r²
• F=G ⋅ m⋅m₂/(r)²
• F=G ⋅ r²/m⋅m₂
• G=F ⋅ r²/m⋅m₂

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The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?

• Einstein
• Galileo
• Darwin
• Newton

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Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• mass and distance 
• mass and matter
• distance and weight 
• weight and mass

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What is the gravitational force between two identical 50,000 kg asteroids whose centers of mass are separated by 1000 m?

• 2500 N

• 3.3 x 10^-12 N

• 1.67 x 10^-4 N

• 1.67 x 10^-7 N

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Two spherical objects have masses of 8000 kg and 1500 kg. Their centers are separated by a distance of 1.5 m. Find the gravitational attraction between them

• 5.4 X 10^-4 N

• 1.2 X 10⁷ N

• 3.6 X 10^-4 N

• 5.33 N

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What happens to the force between two charged objects when you double the distance between them?

• 2X
• 1/2X
• 4X
• 1/4X

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