2007-01-25 00:00:48 · 14 answers · asked by odonadesmo 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. Gravity is dependant on mass.
2007-01-25 00:05:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the moon was hollow and made from denser material so that the total mass was the same, then it would exert the same gravitational force.
But if the moon was hollow and made from the same stuff it is actually made from, then it would have less mass, so it would exert less gravitational force.
2007-01-25 00:10:06 · answer #2 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it would be very weird for something as large as the moon to be hollow. If there were a big hole in the center of the moon, but it's mass was the same as it is now, then its gravity would not be affected. If you're talking about removing some mass from the moon, the it would have less gravity in proportion to the mass you remove.
2007-01-25 00:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by NotEasilyFooled 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it IS hollow! 'A leading scientist at NASA, Dr. Gordon McDonald published a report in the Astronautics Magazine, July 1962. In it he stated that, according to an analysis of the Moon¹s motion, it appears that the Moon is hollow . If the astronomical data are reduced, it is found that the data require that the interior of the Moon be less dense than the outer parts. Indeed, it would seem that the Moon is more like a hollow than a homogenous sphere.'
2007-01-25 00:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by uknative 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if the moon was hollow without imploding, the gravitational force would remain the same, the reason is that as planets stars moons implode[ that is collapse] the gravity remains the same. this is the reason why we get black holes that still have a gravitational pull
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2007-01-27 22:08:02 · answer #5 · answered by harry f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it will not exert same gravitational force because having the hollow shape mass will be less than original shape of moon as gravitaional force depends upon mass
2007-01-25 00:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by ankur j 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gravitation force depends on mass and distance from that mass, as long as the moon would retain it mass and diameter, the gravity would not change at it's surface or elsewhere.
2007-01-25 00:13:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. As a matter of fact, if the moon was hollow, It could not sustain an orbit around the earth at all. So, we wouln't have a moon if it was hollow.
2007-01-25 00:06:37 · answer #8 · answered by Surveyor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it would not due to gravity being directly linked to mass, if the moon was hollow there would be less mass eg less gravity.
2007-01-25 00:05:28 · answer #9 · answered by Loader2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chadders, I was just going to say that... :-)
anyway, Chadders is 100% correct. the gravitational force is dependant on mass...... as with most things, size doesn't matter :-)
2007-01-25 00:07:13 · answer #10 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋