Question
When an astronaut is on a spacewalk and is moving away from the space shuttle, how does the force of gravity between the two objects change?
it goes up for the astronaut and goes down for the space shuttle
it goes up
it goes down
it goes down for the astronaut and goes up for the space shuttle
it goes up for the astronaut and goes down for the space shuttle
it goes up
it goes down
it goes down for the astronaut and goes up for the space shuttle
Answers
GPT 3.5
The correct answer is: it goes down for the astronaut and goes up for the space shuttle. As the astronaut moves further away from the space shuttle during a spacewalk, the distance between the two objects increases. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, the force of gravity between two objects decreases as the distance between them increases. Therefore, the force of gravity between the astronaut and the space shuttle decreases as the astronaut moves away.