Question

Which celestial body would have the strongest gravitational pull on a satellite orbiting 100 km above its surface? Explain your answer.
Celestial Body - Mass
Earth - 5.97×10^24
Jupiter - 1.90×10^27
Mars - 6.42×10^23​

Answer 1

Answer:

Gravity attracts all things towards each other

is being attracted towards every other object by the force of . This means that there is nowhere you can go in the Universe where in actions

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• keeps people on the Earth’s surface.
• keeps the International Space Station in
• keeps the Moon orbiting around the Earth.
• keeps the Earth orbiting around the Sun.

was the first to come up with the idea that all objects are attracted towards each other by

. Even people are attracted towards each other by , but this force is so small that it is not noticeable. only becomes noticeable if one (or both) of the objects has a lot of mass such as the Earth.

hope this helps u

Answer 2

Answer:

Which celestial body would have the strongest gravitational pull on a satellite orbiting 100 km above its surface? Explain your answer.

Celestial Body - Mass

Earth - 5.97×10^24

Jupiter - 1.90×10^27

Mars - 6.42×10^23