.is the gravitational pull on the moon stronger or weaker then the gravitational pull on the earth?

Question

my little sis need help with science.is the gravitational pull on the moon stronger or weaker than the gravitational pull on the earth?

Answer 1

If we are considering only the moon and earth's gravitational pull on each other, then the "pull" of the earth is about 6 times stronger than the moon's. This is a direct result of the mass of the objects. Actually the earth and moon revolve around each other. The center of the system is not found at the center of the earth. It seems as though the moon revolves around the earth because the earth's mass and gravity exceeds the moon's substantially.

Answer 2

The gravitational pull of the Moon is weaker than that of the Earth due to the fact that the Moon is smaller. Gravity is proportionate to the size of the two planetary bodies and the distance between them. Hence the Moon revolves around the Earth because the the gravitational force the Earth exerts on it and the Earth revolves around the Sun for the same reason.

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Answer 3

As everyone has mentioned, the gravitational force of an object is related to its mass.

However, everyone has also completely failed to mention that it is also relative to the distance to that mass.

The formula for gravitational attraction is the mass of object 1 times the mass of object 2 divided by the square of the distance between the two objects.

Thus, whether the pull of the moon or the earth is stronger depends a lot on whether you are closer to the moon or the earth. On the surface of the moon, the gravitational pull of the moon is much stronger than the pull of Earth, so objects and people are drawn towards the moon rather than to the Earth.

On the surface of the Earth, the attraction to the Earth is much stronger, however there is still some attraction to the moon (which is what gives us our tides).

In a comparison of gravitational pulls at the surface of each body, the Earth's pull at its surface is about 6 times stronger than the pull of the moon at the surface of the moon, but again, that depends entirely on the relative position to each body.

Answer 4

The gravitational pull of the Moon is weaker then that of the Earth because the Earth has a greater mass. The more mass, the greater the gravitational pull.

Answer 5

weaker.. much weaker! the gravitational pull is proportional to the mass of the object.. the mass of the Earth is much greater than the mass of the moon.. plus, if the moon had a stronger gravitational pull, then the Earth would rotate around the moon instead of the other way around and then we would have to call the Earth the moon.. ;)

Answer 6

Simply that the mass of an astronaut is very small comared to the mass of the oceans therefore the force on them (weight) is much less. Newton's law of universal gravitation Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation states the following: Every point mass attracts every other point mass by a force directed along the line connecting the two. This force is proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them: where: F is the magnitude of the (repulsive) gravitational force between the two point masses G is the gravitational constant m1 is the mass of the first point mass m2 is the mass of the second point mass r is the distance between the two point masses Assuming SI units, F is measured in newtons (N), m1 and m2 in kilograms (kg), r in metres (m), and the constant G is approximately equal to 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2 (newtons times meters squared per kilogram squared). It can be seen that the repulsive force F is always negative, which means that the net attractive force is positive. (This sign convention is adopted in order to be consistent with Coulomb's Law, where a positive force means repulsion between two charges.) The gravitational force of the moon is one ten-millionth that of earth, but when you combine other forces such as the earth's centrifugal force created by its spin, you get tides. The sun's gravitational force on the earth is only 46 percent that of the moon. Making the moon the single most important factor for the creation of tides. The sun's gravity also produces tides. But since the forces are smaller, as compared to the moon, the effects are greatly decreased. Tides are not caused by the direct pull of the moon's gravity. The moon is pulling upwards on the water while the earth is pulling downward. Slight advantage to the moon and thus we have tides.

Answer 7

The gravitational pull on the moon is much weaker as is evident when the men who landed on the moon took giant strides at a time because it was so easy as opposed to the smaller steps we take on Earth due the stronger pull of gravity (which would make leaps and bounds- such as one can do on the moon- impossible).

Answer 8

Weaker. Since the weight of the Moon is much less than that of the Earth, the gravitational forces are weaker there.

Answer 9

Everything in the universe has a gravitational pull. The strength of its gravitational pull has to do with the objects mass. The larger the mass the stronger the pull.

Answer 10

the gravitational pull of the moon is less than that of the earth although the moons pull does have an effect on the earth... tides
this is proven because the mass of the moon is much smaller of that of the earth