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rewona [7]
3 years ago
9

The force of Earth's gravity on a capsule in space will lessen as it moves farther away. If the capsule moves to twice its dista

nce, the force toward Earth becomes?
Physics
1 answer:
Bess [88]3 years ago
3 0

Answer: One quarter of the force

Explanation:

According to Newton's law of Gravitation, the force F exerted between two bodies of masses m1 and m2  and separated by a distance r  is equal to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance:

F=G\frac{(m1)(m2)}{r^2}    (1)

Where Gis the gravitational constant

This means that the gravity force decreases when the distance between these two bodies increases.

In this context, if the distance between the capsule and the Earth increases twice, the new distance will be 2r.

Substituting this distance in (1):

F=G\frac{(m1)(m2)}{(2r)^2}    (2)

F=G\frac{(m1)(m2)}{4r^2}    

<u>Finally:</u>

F=\frac{1}{4}G\frac{(m1)(m2)}{r^2} >>>This means the force toward Earth becomes one quarter "weaker"

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