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An asteroid moves away from our planet. What happens to the gravitational attraction between it and the earth as it zooms away?
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Responses
It becomes zero.
It becomes zero.
It increases.
It increases.
It decreases.
It decreases.
It does not change.
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It decreases.
By Newton's law of gravitation, F = G m1 m2 / r^2, so as the distance r increases the force falls off as 1/r^2 (approaching zero only in the limit r → ∞).
By Newton's law of gravitation, F = G m1 m2 / r^2, so as the distance r increases the force falls off as 1/r^2 (approaching zero only in the limit r → ∞).
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