Question

What information is needed to calculate the gravitational force of an object?(1 point)
Responses

the mass of the two objects
the mass of the two objects

the mass of the object and the planet’s gravitational acceleration
the mass of the object and the planet’s gravitational acceleration

the mass of the object subtracted from the distance between the object and the planet’s core
the mass of the object subtracted from the distance between the object and the planet’s core

the distance between the two objects

Answer 1

To calculate the gravitational force between two objects, the necessary information is:

**the mass of the two objects** and **the distance between the two objects.**

Thus, the best response is:

**the mass of the two objects** (along with the distance between them).

(Note that the gravitational force can be calculated using Newton's law of universal gravitation, which is expressed as \( F = \frac{G \cdot m_1 \cdot m_2}{r^2} \), where \( F \) is the gravitational force, \( G \) is the gravitational constant, \( m_1 \) and \( m_2 \) are the masses of the two objects, and \( r \) is the distance between their centers.)