A spacecraft is flying away from the moon toward earth. The moon's gravitational pull on the spacecraft will ___________.

Question

Question 3 options:

increase

decrease

repel the spacecraft

remain the same

Answer 1

As the spacecraft is flying away from the moon, the moon's gravitational pull on the spacecraft will decrease. Gravitational force decreases with distance; as the spacecraft moves farther away from the moon, the strength of the moon's gravitational pull on it will diminish.