What happens to grovitational
force when distance between
obiect is doubled
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
When distance between objects is doubled,
force of gravitation will become one-fourth.
Answer:
Isaac Newton compared the acceleration of the moon to the acceleration of objects on earth. Believing that gravitational forces were responsible for each, Newton was able to draw an important conclusion about the dependence of gravity upon distance. This comparison led him to conclude that the force of gravitational attraction between the Earth and other objects is inversely proportional to the distance separating the earth's center from the object's center. But distance is not the only variable affecting the magnitude of a gravitational force. Consider Newton's famous equation
Fnet = m • a
Newton knew that the force that caused the apple's acceleration (gravity) must be dependent upon the mass of the apple. And since the force acting to cause the apple's downward acceleration also causes the earth's upward acceleration (Newton's third law), that force must also depend upon the mass of the earth. So for Newton, the force of gravity acting between the earth and any other object is directly proportional to the mass of the earth, directly proportional to the mass of the object, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance that separates the centers of the earth and the obje
Gravitational force F=
r
2
Gm
1
m
2
Case (i) : Mass of one object is doubled i.e m
1
′
=2m
1
∴ F
′
=
r
2
G(2m
1
)m
2
⟹F
′
=2F
Thus gravitational force gets also doubled
Case (ii) : Distance between the objects is doubled i.e r
′
=2r
∴ F
′
=
(2r)
2
Gm
1
m
2
⟹F
′
=
4
F
Thus gravitational force gets reduced by 4 times.
Distance between the objects is tripled i.e r
′
=3r
∴ F
′
=
(3r)
2
Gm
1
m
2
⟹F
′
=
9
F
Thus gravitational force gets reduced by 9 times.
Case (iii) : Mass of both the objects are doubled i.e m
1
′
=2m
1
and m
2
′
=2m
2
∴ F
′
=
r
2
G(2m
1
)(2m
2
)
⟹F
′
=4F
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