Question

Describe how the gravitational force between two objects depends on the distance between them.

Answer 1

The gravitational force F between two bodies of masses M and m kept at a distance d from each other is :

Since gravitational force is inversely proportionalto the square of the separation distance between the two interacting objects, more separation distance will result in weaker gravitational forces.Therefore , if we double the distance between two bodies, the gravitational force becomes one-fourth and if we halve the distance between two bodies, then the gravitational force becomes four times.