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Mass effects gravity. Everything with mass has its own gravitational force. Gravitational force is a constanteffected by mass.

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Air has mass and therefore creates it's own gravitational force. Air does add to the total gravitational force of the Earth, but the amount is relatively insignificant.

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Air does have weight due to gravity acting on it, but air itself does not exert a gravitational force on other objects. Rather, the force of gravity acts on air, causing it to be pulled downward towards the Earth's surface.

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Yes, even air exerts some gravity. Not much; a cubic foot of air (at standard temperature and pressure) isn't very much mass, and mass is the main factor in gravity.

And remember that gravity is MUTUAL; the force of attraction goes both ways.

Mutual gravitational attraction is what causes a huge cloud of dust and gas floating in space to coalesce and collapse into a solar system.

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yes, gravity is responsible for air pressure p=p0e-gMh/rt known a barometric pressure. The higher one goes the less air pressure there is.

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