Question

When will the gravity between two objects be the least?

A) When the masses of both objects is small and the objects are close together.

B) when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are close together.

C) when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are far apart.

D) when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are apart

Answer 1

Answer:

D) when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are apart

Explanation:

The gravity between two objects will be least when their masses is small and the objects are quite far apart.

Gravity depends on two main parameters which are:

• Masses of the object
• Distance between them

According to newton's law of universal gravitation "the force of gravity between two bodies is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them".

Mathematically;

        F$_{g}$   =   $\frac{G m_{1} m_{2} }{r^{2} }$

where

       G is the universal gravitation constant

        m is the mass

        r is the distance between them.

We can deduce that the more the mass and less the distance between them, the higher the gravitational force they will have.