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Which pulls harder gravitationally, the Earth on the Moon, or the Moon on the Earth?
Chapter 5, Problem 13Q(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 13Q
Which pulls harder gravitationally, the Earth on the Moon, or the Moon on the Earth? Which accelerates more?
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Problem 13Q
Which pulls harder gravitationally, the Earth on the Moon, or the Moon on the Earth? Which accelerates more?
ANSWER:
Solution 13Q:
Step 1 of 2:-
Gravitational force between two massive objects of mass and is defined as:
Where r is the separation between two objects.
So, the magnitude gravitational of force between earth and moon is same. This means that, the force exerted by earth on moon and the force exerted by moon on earth is same in magnitude but opposite in direction.
So, both forces are same.