What are 2 factors that influence gravity?

Answer 1

In the case of gravity the rate of attraction is:

Proportional to the product of the two masses

Inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers or mass

So a beach ball is more attracted to a hummer than a grape over a given distance and that attraction falls off quickly as that distance increases. Gravity operates between pairs of objects, but over infinite distances it just gets too weak to measure.

Extra Credit

There are four forces:

• Strong
• Weak
• Electromagnetic
• Gravity

Strong and Weak work at a subatomic level. Electromagnetic force acts on electrically charged particles. Although it can move Galaxies, Gravity is actually the weakest force!

You can demonstrate this with a nail and a magnet.

• Use the magnet to pick up the nail
• Lower the magnet towards the ground
• The nail stays attached to the magnet despite the Earth being significantly more massive than the magnet

Answer 2

Proximity and mass. How close objects are. Their mass makes a dent in space. More mass equals deeper well.

Answer 3

The mass of the object exerting the gravitational pull, and the distance between the two objects.

Answer 4

Mass of the objects and distance between that objects.

Answer 5

their masses

the distance between them

Answer 6

I'm pretty sure nothing effects gravity.

Answer 7

mass and distance