• Question: How strong is gravity?

    Asked by ecassidy788 to Jimmy, Niall on 22 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 22 Mar 2013:


      Depends on how massive something is, and how close you are to it!

      As you get further away the strength drops off rapidly (as the ‘square of the distance’). If you double how massive something is, gravity doubles.

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