Given data
*The mass of the first spherical object is m = 1.5 × 10^5 kg
*The mass of the second spherical object is M = 8.5 × 10^2 kg
*The separated distance between the two spherical objects is r = 2500 m
The expression for the gravitational attraction between them is given as
[tex]F=\frac{GmM}{r^2}[/tex]*Here G = 6.67 × 10^-11 N.m^2/kg^2 is the value of the gravitational constant
Substitute the known values in the above expression as
[tex]\begin{gathered} F=\frac{(6.67\times10^{-11})(1.5\times10^5)(8.5\times10^2)}{(2500)^2} \\ =1.36\times10^{-9}\text{ N} \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, the gravitational attraction between them is F = 1.36 × 10^-9 N
