Is gravity a characteristic of mass or is mass a characteristic of gravity?

Answer 1

Mass causes gravity. Gravity does not cause mass to appear.

Answer 2

Gravity or gravitational force refers to the force exerted by 2 masses towards each other. This is directly proportional to the product of the 2 masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. In other words, the masses of the objects affects gravity. The greater the masses, the greater is gravity. Therefore, gravity between any object on earth is much higher than the gravity between same object when on the moon because the moon's mass is much smaller than the earth's mass. That's based on the the Universal Law of Gravitation by Isaac newton. I hope that helped.

Answer 3

Gravitational force if defined by the equation-:

Force = G M m / r^2

G is the Gravitational constant
M is the size of Larger Mass
m is the size of smaller mass
r is the distance between the two masses.

It is an inverse square law, which relies upon the mass of both objects. All objects that have mass are attracted to each other and are governed by this equation.

If something is massless, then usually it will not be affected by gravity - although this is contradicted in thoeries where light cannot escape from a black hole, so therefore light must also be affected by gravity.

I would say that gravity is the 'force carrier' between objects of mass.

Answer 4

Gravity comes from local energy, and mass is a form of energy so mass has gravity. Gravity is therefore a characteristic of mass. Mass is not a characteristic of gravity though, because you can have gravity without haveing mass, and gravity affects all things, massless or not. Further, mass is felt when you try to accelerate it, according to F=ma, regardless of gravity. If you try to push a heavy object out in space, its still harder to push than a light object.

Answer 5

Gravity is a characteristic of Mass .Gravitional force is due to the exchange of Gravitons which have negligible mass.

Answer 6

Gravity and mass are directly proportional.... the more mass the object, the more strong it is to pull the sorrounding objects...
I think theres always gravity in every object that has mass.. but not every gravity has mass in it.... think of blackhole....
so to answer your question... it is more likely that gravity is a characteristic of mass.

Answer 7

the first

Answer 8

none is none. Both are different. The gravity is actually not dependent on mass, it depends upon the height between earth & object.