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| that gravity is universal |
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| according to newton, the greater the masses of the interaciting object, the..? |
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| greater the gravitational force between them. |
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| according to newton, doubling the distance between two interacting objects...? |
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| divides by 4 the gravitational force between them. |
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| inside a freely falling elevator, there would be no.... |
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| the earths gravitational field extends...? |
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| both inside and outside the earth and throughout the entire universe |
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| simply the remains of a giant star that has undergone the gravitational collapse. |
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| an object is placed exactly halfway between the earth and the moon. the object will fall toward the.. |
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| the amount of gravitational force that acts on the space shuttle while in its orbit is..? |
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| almost as much as the shuttles weight on the earths surface |
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| a very massive object A and a less massive object B move toward each other under the influence of gravitation. which force, if either, is greater? |
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| two objects move toward each other because of gravity. as the object gets closer and closer, the force between them...? |
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| if you drop a stone into a hole drilled all the way to the other side of the earth, the stone will..? |
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| speed up until it reaches the other side of the earth |
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| inside a freely falling runway elevator, your...? |
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| passengers in a high-flying jumbo jet feel their normal weight in a flight, while passengers in the orbiting space shuttle do not. this is because passengers in the space shuttle are? |
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| the reason the moon does not crash into the earth is that the... |
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| moon has a sufficient tangentail speed. |
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| the factor most directly responsible for making a black hole invisible is its..? |
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| if the sun collapsed to a black hole, the earths gravitational attraction to it would be.. |
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| which is the most responsible for the ocean tides? |
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| the main reason ocean tides exist is that the pull of the moon.? |
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| is greater on oceans closer to the moon and less on oceans farther from the moon. |
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| suppose the moon had twice as much mass as it is now does and still orbited the earth at he same distance, in that case, the ocean on earth wold be...? |
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| an earth satellite is simply projectile |
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| freely falling around the earth |
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| the tangential velocity of an earth satellite is its velocity..? |
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| parallel to the surface of the earth |
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| planets would crash into the sun if it werent for..? |
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| their tangential velocities |
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| what prevents satellites such as the space shuttle from alling? |
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| nothng they are continually falling as they orbit the earth |
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| the circular path of a satellite orbiting the earth is characterized by a constant...? |
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| radial distance, acceleration, and speed |
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