On what does the strength of the force of gravity between two objects depend?

Exactly two things:
1). The product of the two masses.
2). The distance between the centers of the two objects.
Comments:
-- It doesn't matter whether the objects have nearly the same mass, or whether one is huge and the other one is tiny. It's their product that counts. The Earth pulls you toward it with the same force as you pull the Earth toward you. The Earth's weight on you is the same as your weight on the Earth.
-- The force of gravity between two objects doesn't depend on anything between them. There's no way to block gravity or shield anything from it.

Answered by AL2006 | 2024-06-10

The strength of the force of gravity between two objects depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them. The greater the masses, the stronger the gravitational pull, while the farther apart the objects are, the weaker the attraction. This relationship is quantified by Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation.
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Answered by AL2006 | 2024-08-14