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?(1 point)

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it goes down for the astronaut and goes up for the space shuttle
it goes down for the astronaut and goes up for the space shuttle

it goes up
it goes up

it goes down
it goes down

it goes up for the astronaut and goes down for the space shuttle

Answer 1

The correct response is: it goes down for the astronaut and goes down for the space shuttle.

As the astronaut moves away from the space shuttle, the distance between them increases, which causes the gravitational force between them to decrease according to Newton's law of universal gravitation. The gravitational force decreases for both the astronaut and the shuttle due to the increased distance.