Gravitional pull of earth is 6 times more than that of moon. State true or false
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Its true
Why is the gravity of the earth 6 times more than the moon?”
To clarify, the force due to gravity at the surface of the Earth is six times greater than the force due to gravity at the surface of the moon.
The force of gravity is dependent on two things: Mass and distance.
When you stand on Earth’s surface you are approximately 3.67 times farther from its center of mass than you are than when you stand on the Moon’s surface. (6371 kms vs 1737kms)
The Earth’s mass is approximately 81.3 times more massive than the Moon’s (5 972 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kgs vs 73 480 000 000 000 000 000 000 kgs)
Gravity halves as the distance squared doubles, or in other words every time the distance doubles the gravity is quartered.
Gravity doubles when the mass of the attracting body doubles.
81.3 ÷ 3.67² ≈ 6.04