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To figure out the force of gravity between the earth and the moon, you need to use newton's equation of gravitational force, i.e. F=(G x m1 x m2)/r^2 Where F is the force of gravity, m1 and m2 are the masses of the two objects in question, r^2 is the distance between the two objects in question, squared (times itself), and G is the gravitational constant which has a value of 6.67 x 10^-11 m^3/kg s^2
So, the answer is [(6.67 x 10^-11 m^3/kg s^2) (5.9724 x 10^24 kg) (7.36 x 10^22 kg)] / ((3.844 x 10^8 m)^2) = 1.9842 x 10^20 N
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What is the relationship between Earth and gravitational force?
Earth has gravity or gravitational force that attracts the moon to the Earth.
Over millions of years the moon is moving further away from the earth what will happen to the gravitational attraction between the moon and the earth as the moon gets further away?
As the moon gets further and further away, the gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon decreases. Because the Moon is not being attracted but being pushed away from the Earth. If the gravitational force would have increased, the moon would come closer and closer to the Earth.
Why does the gravitational force between the Earth and moon predominate over electrical forces?
Between the Earth and the Moon, for example, there is no net electrical force. So the weaker gravitational force, which is only attracts, remains as the predominant force between these bodies.
What will happen to the gravitational force between the earth and the moon?
Tidal waves
How long does the gravitational force between the earth and the moon stretch?
The force is one that acts between the Earth and the Moon and nowhere else. But the gravitational force fields of both objects extend to infinity, reducing as 1 / distance^2.
What keeps the Moon from floating away?
The Earth's gravitational force keeps it from moving away into outer space. (* Gravity is a mutual force of attraction between matter, so the Earth pulls on the Moon while the Moon pulls on the Earth.)
Is there a point between the moon and the earth where the gravitational force acting on a spaceship is zero?
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What will eventually happen to the gravitational force between the earth and the moon?
Tidal waves
What is the dominant cause of tides on earth?
Gravitational force is, between the Earth and both the sun and moon.
How would the motion of the moon change with no centripital force?
the moon rotates around the earth. The force keeping it in orbit around the earth aka the centripital force is caused by the gravitational force between the moon and the earth. If the gravitational force and thus the centripital force dissapeared, the moon would fly off tangent to its circular orbit
The Moon has the gravity of the Earth?
The gravitational force of attraction between the moon and an objecton or near its surface is 0.165 of the force between the Earth and thesame object on or near Earth's surface.
How does the moons gravitational force affect the crust of the earth?
does the moon's gravitational force affect the crust of the earth?
